May
Wk 19–21
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 42 out of 100, weather comfort near 54.
- Crowd level
- 41–43
- Comfort
- 51–58
Germany · Allgäu
Allgäu: a land without a fixed border at the northern edge of the Alps
The southeasternmost part of Swabia blends gradually into its neighbouring landscapes; the highest peak of the Allgäu Alps, the Großer Krottenkopf, already lies across the border in Tyrol. As early as around 15 BC, the Roman market settlement of Cambodunum was founded here, which later became a garrison town.
Busiest week
AugustCrowd level 100
Wk 32 · 525,594 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
NovemberCrowd level 0
Wk 45–47 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
MayCrowd level 41–43
Wk 19–21 · quietest while the weather still holds
Warmest month
21 °CComfort 72
July · around 115 mm of rain in the month
Allgäu in brief
The Allgäu is the southeasternmost part of Swabia at the northern edge of the Alps and cannot be strictly delimited geographically. The highest German summit of the Allgäu Alps is the Hochfrottspitze at 2,649 metres, on the German-Austrian border, while the highest mountain of the Allgäu Alps overall, the Großer Krottenkopf, already lies in Tyrol. The Kleinwalsertal can only be reached by car from Germany, yet belongs to Vorarlberg. As early as around 15 BC the Romans subdued the area and founded the market settlement of Cambodunum near Kempten; in 1525 peasants in Memmingen drafted the Twelve Articles, held to be the first written statement of human rights in Europe.
When is Allgäu busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 9
FebruaryØ 21
MarchØ 14
AprilØ 26
MayØ 42
JuneØ 58
JulyØ 79
AugustØ 88
SeptemberØ 58
OctoberØ 48
NovemberØ 5
DecemberØ 11
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
May · Wk 19
Crowd level41/100 · moderate
quietbusy
Weather comfort17/100 · Sun & warmth
+4 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- May (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 299,132
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 2 % of source markets on school holidays · -2 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Germany (87 %) · Netherlands (3 %) · Switzerland (2 %) · 95% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 144,850–525,594 (avg 287,999)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Allgäu, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | 11 | 1 °C |
| February | 21 | 15 | 3 °C |
| March | 14 | 25 | 6 °C |
| April | 26 | 42 | 10 °C |
| May | 42 | 55 | 14 °C |
| June | 58 | 69 | 20 °C |
| July | 79 | 72 | 21 °C |
| August | 88 | 72 | 20 °C |
| September | 58 | 65 | 16 °C |
| October | 48 | 48 | 11 °C |
| November | 5 | 22 | 5 °C |
| December | 11 | 12 | 2 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Allgäu itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model: first whether the weather suits the region, then how busy it gets.
September–October
Wk 39–41
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 48, weather comfort near 56.
- Crowd level
- 43–54
- Comfort
- 51–60
August
Wk 31–33
The region's peak: crowd level around 96 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 89–100
- Comfort
- 72
Allgäu compared with Europe
How full the accommodation is here, measured against Europe – on the only measure on which two travel regions can be compared.
- Bed occupancy in Allgäu
- 34.2
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: October, at 1.8× the value. Closest to the median: November, at 1.2× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This occupancy compares travel regions with one another. The crowding in the table above compares Allgäu with itself. The two measures are never combined.
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 1 | -1 | 92 |
| Feb | 2 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
| Mar | 4 | 6 | 2 | 69 |
| Apr | 8 | 10 | 6 | 75 |
| May | 12 | 14 | 10 | 133 |
| Jun | 18 | 20 | 16 | 123 |
| Jul | 19 | 21 | 17 | 115 |
| Aug | 19 | 20 | 17 | 131 |
| Sep | 14 | 16 | 13 | 94 |
| Oct | 10 | 11 | 9 | 77 |
| Nov | 4 | 5 | 3 | 76 |
| Dec | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
How sunny?
How much sun a typical day delivers, month by month, expressed as hours of full midday sun.
Moderately sunny
≈ 3.4 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.1 |
| Feb | 2.0 |
| Mar | 3.4 |
| Apr | 4.8 |
| May | 5.3 |
| Jun | 5.9 |
| Jul | 5.6 |
| Aug | 4.9 |
| Sep | 3.7 |
| Oct | 2.2 |
| Nov | 1.3 |
| Dec | 0.9 |
Basis: mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day; 1 kWh/m² is roughly one hour of full midday sun (1,000 W/m²). Not the same as measured sunshine duration. Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Allgäu and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
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“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Ski areas in Allgäu
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 43
- Slopes in total
- 217 km
- Lifts
- 153
- Highest point
- 2,213 m
On a long-term average, January sees the most snow: 19 cm mean snow depth across the region. In 3 months of the year the regional average reaches at least 10 cm of snow depth.
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skigebiet Fellhorn/Kanzelwand | 31.7 km | 13 | 918–1,965 m1,048 m vertical drop |
| Hindelang Oberjoch | 22.16 km | 5 | 1,128–1,556 m429 m vertical drop |
| Hinterstaufen | 17.55 km | 8 | 744–1,183 m439 m vertical drop |
| Skiarena Steibis | 16.28 km | 14 | 870–1,354 m484 m vertical drop |
| Ofterschwang/Gunzesried | 14.67 km | 7 | 880–1,403 m524 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Nebelhorn | 11.6 km | 9 | 823–2,213 m1,390 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Söllereck | 11.4 km | 11 | 955–1,445 m490 m vertical drop |
| Hörnerbahn Bolsterlang | 9.74 km | 6 | 886–1,662 m777 m vertical drop |
| Grasgehren | 9.24 km | 4 | 1,436–1,674 m239 m vertical drop |
| Adelharz- und Breitensteinlifte (Kranzegg am Grünten) | 7.65 km | 4 | 974–1,315 m341 m vertical drop |
| Nesselwang - Alpspitzbahnen | 7.46 km | 7 | 907–1,468 m561 m vertical drop |
| Buron | 5.62 km | 2 | 895–1,434 m539 m vertical drop |
| Buchenberg | 5.2 km | 1 | 807–1,143 m337 m vertical drop |
| Tegelbergbahn | 4.6 km | 2 | 821–1,716 m895 m vertical drop |
| Skizentrum Pfronten | 4.43 km | 6 | 862–1,264 m402 m vertical drop |
| Spieserlifte | 4.21 km | 2 | 1,068–1,374 m307 m vertical drop |
| Thaler Höhe | 4.15 km | 4 | 923–1,163 m240 m vertical drop |
| Steibis - Hochgratbahn | 4.11 km | 1 | 860–1,704 m844 m vertical drop |
| Sonnenhanglifte | 2.9 km | 2 | 1,043–1,145 m102 m vertical drop |
| Schwarzenlifte Eschach | 2.81 km | 13 | 1,005–1,067 m62 m vertical drop |
| Iberg | 2.74 km | 2 | 743–951 m208 m vertical drop |
| Gohrersberg – Kreuzthal | 2.72 km | 1 | 809–946 m137 m vertical drop |
| Oberwilhams | 2.68 km | 3 | 879–1,025 m147 m vertical drop |
| Oberberglifte Simmerberg | 1.98 km | 2 | 763–868 m106 m vertical drop |
| Scheidegg | 1.58 km | 2 | 825–936 m111 m vertical drop |
and 18 more areas in this region
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Allgäu in detail
A land without a fixed border
The Allgäu is the southeasternmost part of Swabia at the northern edge of the Alps; it cannot be strictly delimited geographically and blends gradually into neighbouring landscapes. Its core consists of the Bavarian districts of Oberallgäu and the southern part of Ostallgäu; the Westallgäu is made up of parts of the district of Lindau and the Baden-Württemberg district of Ravensburg. For tourism purposes it divides into four sub-regions: Oberallgäu around Kempten, Ostallgäu between Kaufbeuren and Füssen, Westallgäu with Wangen, Isny and Leutkirch, and the southernmost part of the district of Unterallgäu around Bad Grönenbach. The name probably derives from Old High German alb (mountain, mountain meadow) and Middle High German göu (district, landscape); its Latinised form is Allgovia or Algovia. Its earliest documented mention comes in 817, in a St. Gallen charter, as Albigauge, alongside the settlement of Zell.
Peaks of the Allgäu Alps
The highest mountain of the Allgäu Alps as a whole is the Großer Krottenkopf, at around 2,656 to 2,657 metres; it already lies in Tyrol. The second-highest peak is the Hohes Licht at 2,652 metres, also in Tyrol; the third-highest is the Hochfrottspitze at 2,649 metres, straddling the German-Austrian border and at once the highest German summit of both the Allgäu Alps and Swabia. The fourth-highest mountain is the Mädelegabel; together with the Trettachspitze and the Hochfrottspitze it forms the so-called Dreigestirn on the Allgäu main ridge. The Höfats and the Schneck are held, on account of their geology, to be unique in the Eastern Alps.
Viewpoints and border country
The Haldenwanger Eck, near the Biberkopf, marks the southernmost point of Germany. The Nebelhorn is served by a cable car up to 2,224 metres and offers a view over more than 400 peaks. The Kleinwalsertal can only be reached by car from Germany, yet belongs to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Allgäuer Hochalpen nature reserve is confined to the Bavarian side; the smaller Vilsalpsee nature reserve adjoining it to the east belongs to Tyrol.
Ice age and rock
The Allgäu Alps formed around 200 million years ago through plate-tectonic folding, which pushed up the seabed of the ancient Tethys Ocean; their rock is mostly sedimentary, laid down during the Mesozoic. The foothill zone between the Lech and Lake Constance was shaped by the Würm glaciation 20,000 years ago; the moraine ridges of the Lech glacier reach as far as the area around Kaufbeuren, those of the Iller glacier to the line Legau-Bad Grönenbach-Obergünzburg, and those of the Rhine glacier to the area around Leutkirch. The Arrisrieder Moos near Kißlegg is a sizeable remnant of raised bog; in the Westallgäu, gorges called Tobel also shape the landscape, among them the Eistobel near Isny.
Water and lakes
The European main watershed runs through the Allgäu: the Iller, the Lech and its tributary the Wertach drain via the Danube to the Black Sea, while the Obere and Untere Argen, along with the Leiblach and its tributary the Rickenbach, flow into Lake Constance. The Rickenbach forms the Scheidegg waterfalls. The Großer Alpsee near Immenstadt and the Hopfensee in the Ostallgäu rank among the larger natural lakes; the Forggensee, the Rottachsee and the Grüntensee are artificial, the Forggensee created by damming the Lech.
Rome and the Alemanni
Around 15 BC the Roman generals Drusus and Tiberius subdued the area as part of the Alpine campaigns under Augustus; near Kempten the Roman market settlement of Cambodunum arose, which became a garrison town of the province of Raetia and was mentioned in AD 18 by the Greek geographer Strabo. In 233 the Alemanni and the Suebi broke through the Limes for the first time and destroyed Cambodunum; in 488 the last Roman troops left the region on the order of Odoacer. In 752 the monastery of Kempten was founded under Abbot Audogar, and from 773 was supported by Hildegard and Charlemagne; the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren was founded in 764.
From the Peasants' War to Neuschwanstein
In 1525 the Peasants' War broke out in the Kempten area; the Twelve Articles, drafted in Memmingen, are held to be the first written statement of human rights in Europe. Construction of Neuschwanstein Castle began in 1869; from around 1877 the first summer visitors arrived, marking the beginnings of tourism in the Allgäu. From 1943 to 1945 several satellite camps of the Dachau concentration camp existed in the Allgäu, among them in Kempten and Durach, holding up to 1,500 prisoners, and at the Riederloh II camp near Kaufbeuren, holding 1,300.
Food and custom
Allgäu Kässpatzen are made, in the original recipe, with Weißlacker cheese; this Weißlacker, also called Bierkäse, is held to be the first patented cheese in the world, invented by Allgäu dairymen in 1874. Other specialities are the Allgäu Krautkrapfen, a pasta pocket filled with sauerkraut and bacon, and the Allgäu Brennter, made from potatoes, flour, onions and mountain cheese. On Funkensonntag, the first Sunday after Fasching, bonfires piled up on hills and mountains across the Allgäu are set alight, each topped by a straw figure, the Funkenhexe, burned along with it; the custom is traced back to Celtic times, though its origin cannot be documented.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Allgäu
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Allgäu?
- The best time to visit Allgäu is May (Wk 19–21): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 42 out of 100, weather comfort about 54 out of 100.
When is Allgäu quietest?
- November (Wk 45–47) is the quietest time in Allgäu. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Allgäu busiest?
- Allgäu is busiest in August (Wk 32) with around 525,594 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Allgäu and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Allgäu in July with an average of 21 °C and around 115 mm of rain in the month.
When is there the most snow in Allgäu and when are ski conditions best?
- Allgäu has the most snow in January with an average of around 19 cm. Those are the most reliable weeks for winter sports.
How do you get to Allgäu?
- Allgäu is reachable via the destination airport Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM) with direct flights.
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- Cover photo
- Photo by Edwin Dingjan on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels
- Crowding figures
- Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026. v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.
- Climate data
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
- Reachability
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: September 2026
- Ski areas
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
- Region text
- Text by HolidayHub, written from Wikivoyage „Allgäu“ (1785630) · Wikipedia „Allgäu“ (270036367) · Wikidata Q169276. Wikivoyage and Wikipedia are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikidata CC0.
- Data basis
- All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.