Best time to visit Zürs

The climate in Zürs through the year

When to go

No month in Zürs reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 35 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 16°C and the night falls to 7°C, with rain on about 20 days and clear sky 39 % of the time. The lowest score is in May (14), when days are cool at around 10°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (16°C) is about 18 degrees warmer than a January day (−2°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 148 mm and February the driest with 60 mm, out of about 1,160 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in November–May, deepest in February (about 100 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Zürs lies about 1,950 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 13 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. Zürs scores 65 or more in these months:

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

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Zürs is the 7th coolest over the year and the 27th driest. In July, when Zürs scores 35, Silvretta Arena (25 km away) scores 30 and Golm (26 km away) scores 48. In May, when Zürs is at its lowest, Florence in Italy scores 71 and lies 390 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.