May
Wk 20–22
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 19 out of 100, weather comfort near 38.
- Crowd level
- 15–26
- Comfort
- 32–44
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Austria
Best time to visit Salzburger Land
When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.
Busiest week
FebruaryCrowd level 100
Wk 7 · 833,553 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 15–26
Wk 20–22 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Warmest month
16 °CComfort 52
August · around 206 mm of rain in the month
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Salzburger Land (Austria) is quietest in November: across Wk 45–47 the crowd level runs from 0 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in February (Wk 7), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 833,553 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Salzburger Land 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 73
FebruaryØ 95
MarchØ 61
AprilØ 16
MayØ 17
JuneØ 41
JulyØ 76
AugustØ 85
SeptemberØ 36
OctoberØ 19
NovemberØ 5
DecemberØ 57
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
May · Wk 20
Crowd level15/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort6/100 · Sun & warmth
-48 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- May (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 247,642
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 5 % of source markets on school holidays
- Main source markets
- Germany (40 %) · Austria (32 %) · Netherlands (7 %) · 93% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 144,703–833,553 (avg 475,736)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (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 Salzburger Land, 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 | 73 | 4 | -3 °C |
| February | 95 | 6 | -1 °C |
| March | 61 | 11 | 2 °C |
| April | 16 | 22 | 7 °C |
| May | 17 | 34 | 10 °C |
| June | 41 | 53 | 16 °C |
| July | 76 | 52 | 16 °C |
| August | 85 | 52 | 16 °C |
| September | 36 | 43 | 13 °C |
| October | 19 | 31 | 9 °C |
| November | 5 | 13 | 2 °C |
| December | 57 | 5 | -2 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Salzburger Land 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 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.
October
Wk 40–42
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 19, weather comfort near 33.
- Crowd level
- 18–19
- Comfort
- 30–36
February
Wk 6–8
The region's peak: crowd level around 99 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 98–100
- Comfort
- 5–7
Salzburger Land compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Salzburger Land
- 66.48
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: February, at 17.5× the value. Closest to the median: May, at 2.7× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Salzburger Land with itself. The two figures are never combined.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
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 | -4 | -3 | -5 | 106 |
| Feb | -3 | -1 | -4 | 93 |
| Mar | 0 | 2 | -2 | 156 |
| Apr | 4 | 7 | 2 | 151 |
| May | 8 | 10 | 6 | 219 |
| Jun | 14 | 16 | 11 | 168 |
| Jul | 14 | 16 | 12 | 257 |
| Aug | 14 | 16 | 12 | 206 |
| Sep | 11 | 13 | 9 | 194 |
| Oct | 7 | 9 | 5 | 124 |
| Nov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 144 |
| Dec | -3 | -2 | -3 | 125 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
How sunny?
Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.
3.4 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 |
| Feb | 2.3 |
| Mar | 3.6 |
| Apr | 4.9 |
| May | 4.9 |
| Jun | 5.6 |
| Jul | 5.3 |
| Aug | 4.6 |
| Sep | 3.5 |
| Oct | 2.4 |
| Nov | 1.6 |
| Dec | 1.1 |
Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Salzburger Land and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“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.
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: August 2026
Ski areas in Salzburger Land
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 53
- Slopes in total
- 1,938 km
- Lifts
- 800
- Highest point
- 3,024 m
On a long-term average, February sees the most snow: 98 cm mean snow depth across the region. In 7 months of the year the regional average reaches at least 10 cm of snow depth.
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski amadé | 612.83 km188.03 km cross-country | 248 | 667–2,642 m1,975 m vertical drop |
| Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn | 253.06 km76.45 km cross-country | 78 | 795–2,090 m1,295 m vertical drop |
| Obertauern | 87.16 km24.65 km cross-country | 28 | 1,628–2,297 m669 m vertical drop |
| Snow Space Salzburg | 86.72 km1.71 km cross-country | 47 | 667–1,977 m1,309 m vertical drop |
| Hochkönig | 74.51 km0.52 km cross-country | 23 | 812–1,890 m1,078 m vertical drop |
| Ski Gastein - Schlossalm/Angertal/Stubnerkogel | 73.55 km3.57 km cross-country | 24 | 843–2,294 m1,451 m vertical drop |
| Wildkogel | 68.59 km | 21 | 814–2,125 m1,311 m vertical drop |
| Schmittenhöhe Zell am See | 60.52 km3.1 km cross-country | 29 | 758–1,963 m1,205 m vertical drop |
| Großarltal-Dorfgastein | 51.66 km | 20 | 847–2,027 m1,180 m vertical drop |
| Katschberg-Aineck | 48.13 km | 18 | 1,054–2,210 m1,156 m vertical drop |
| Kaprun - Kitzsteinhorn/Maiskogel | 45.89 km13.35 km cross-country | 21 | 765–3,024 m2,259 m vertical drop |
| Flachau | 43.61 km | 26 | 882–1,977 m1,094 m vertical drop |
| Wagrain | 40.61 km1.71 km cross-country | 18 | 735–1,804 m1,069 m vertical drop |
| Skiregion Dachstein West | 38.86 km | 25 | 745–1,616 m871 m vertical drop |
| Zauchensee-Flachauwinkl | 37.79 km | 14 | 1,011–2,109 m1,098 m vertical drop |
| Shuttleberg Flachauwinkl-Kleinarl | 28.13 km | 9 | 989–1,921 m933 m vertical drop |
| Großeck-Speiereck | 27.98 km | 11 | 1,080–2,338 m1,258 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Almenwelt Lofer | 23.28 km | 11 | 628–1,674 m1,046 m vertical drop |
| Fanningberg | 22.71 km | 5 | 1,494–2,090 m596 m vertical drop |
| Bergbahnen Werfenweng | 21.58 km | 9 | 898–1,828 m930 m vertical drop |
| Hochkeil | 21.45 km4.09 km cross-country | 7 | 606–1,748 m1,142 m vertical drop |
| Fageralm | 19.54 km | 6 | 935–1,854 m919 m vertical drop |
| Raurisertal | 19.35 km | 12 | 927–2,171 m1,244 m vertical drop |
| Sportgastein | 15.19 km5.54 km cross-country | 3 | 1,576–2,642 m1,066 m vertical drop |
| Filzmoos-Neuberg | 13.65 km0.14 km cross-country | 7 | 968–1,585 m617 m vertical drop |
and 28 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.
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Salzburger Land
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Salzburger Land?
- The best time to visit Salzburger Land is May (Wk 20–22): in this window the crowd level is low at around 19 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 38 out of 100.
When is Salzburger Land quietest?
- November (Wk 45–47) is the quietest time in Salzburger Land. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Salzburger Land busiest?
- Salzburger Land is busiest in February (Wk 7) with around 833,553 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Salzburger Land and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Salzburger Land in August with an average of 16 °C and around 206 mm of rain in the month.
When is there the most snow in Salzburger Land and when are ski conditions best?
- Salzburger Land has the most snow in February with an average of around 98 cm. Those are the most reliable weeks for winter sports.
When is Salzburger Land least busy while still having good snow?
- The best time for quiet winter sports in Salzburger Land is April: with still around 69 cm of snow, the crowd level of about 16 out of 100 is below peak season.
How do you get to Salzburger Land?
- Salzburger Land is reachable via the destination airport W. A. Mozart Salzburg Airport (SZG) with direct flights.
All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.
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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.