Getting prepared to travel Austria one thing you'll certainly be interested in is weather conditions. Online and TV forecasts are of course very precise, but they'll hardly give you an overall picture of what to expect this or that time of the year when you travel Austria.
Situated in central Europe, Austria enjoys moderate continental climate common to this area. Thermometers show an average of about -7 to -1????C (20 to 30????F) in winter to about 18 to 24????C (65 to 75????F) in summer.
However, the temperature pattern is not uniform throughout the whole country; so when you travel Austria you'll find that such low-lying areas as Vienna are the driest, thus summer months, and in particular July and August, can become uncomfortably hot to wander around the cities enjoying best places of Austria, while winters may be cloudy and drizzly here.
On the other hand, temperatures will be getting lower in the western areas as you go up in the mountains. If you travel Austria with a resolution to ski to your heart's content, be sure to find a number of resorts open from December through April offering great ski routes covered with snow. In fact, permanent snow lies at high altitudes of 2,400 - 2,700 meters (8,000 - 9,000 feet ) and the sun is very intense there. On the whole, this part of Austria is considerably damper and receives more rainfall in summer and snowfalls in winter.
The mountains are also a perfect destination point for hikers and climbers who travel Austria in the sunny and bright summer months. And extreme skiers can continue training on the glacier even at this time of the year.
If you are free to choose the time to travel Austria, we recommend that you do it in May through early July or September to early November as the weather in Austria is especially pleasant these periods. Late June is the time for numerous festivals in Austria, including open-air round-the-clock music performances; yet if you decide to spend an idle evening in a beer garden of Vienna or on a rooftop terrace of a fashionable restaurant, don't forget to fetch some pullover to wrap around your shoulders as nights are cool even in summer. By October the lines in museums and other popular sightseeings and attractions of Austria will be shorter as the high season is over, and, generally, you can get best hotel deals as the prices in the hotels of Austria will be lower, too.
We hope that this article has given you a general notion of what the weather in Austria has to attract you, enough to stop examining the world map and travel Austria. |
