Best time to visit Wildkogel-Arena

The climate in Wildkogel-Arena through the year

When to go

No month in Wildkogel-Arena reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 51 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 10°C, with rain on about 19 days and clear sky 41 % of the time. The lowest score is in May (16), when rain falls on about 19 days.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (19°C) is about 19 degrees warmer than a January day (0°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 158 mm and February the driest with 64 mm, out of about 1,250 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in November–May, deepest in February (about 70 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Wildkogel-Arena lies about 1,500 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 10 degrees cooler than the lowlands around it.

By type of trip

The best months change with what you want to do. Each of Eddigo’s trip types has its own preferred daytime temperature and its own weights for rain, humidity and sun. Wildkogel-Arena scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–October, up to 84
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in December–February

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Wildkogel-Arena is the 30th coolest over the year and the 37th wettest. In July, when Wildkogel-Arena scores 51, Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm/Leogang (31 km away) scores 54 and Bergbahn St. Johann (31 km away) scores 56. In May, when Wildkogel-Arena is at its lowest, Florence in Italy scores 71 and lies 400 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.