May
Wk 20–22
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 21 out of 100, weather comfort near 34.
- Crowd level
- 18–27
- Comfort
- 29–40
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Austria
Best time to visit Vorarlberg
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 · 257,367 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 18–27
Wk 20–22 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Warmest month
15 °CComfort 50
July · around 241 mm of rain in the month
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Vorarlberg (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 257,367 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Vorarlberg 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 72
FebruaryØ 95
MarchØ 68
AprilØ 20
MayØ 19
JuneØ 40
JulyØ 62
AugustØ 78
SeptemberØ 44
OctoberØ 29
NovemberØ 5
DecemberØ 51
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
May · Wk 20
Crowd level18/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort5/100 · Sun & warmth
-47 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- May (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 75,477
- 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
- 36,861–257,367 (avg 142,886)
- 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 Vorarlberg, 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 | 72 | 4 | -3 °C |
| February | 95 | 6 | -1 °C |
| March | 68 | 11 | 2 °C |
| April | 20 | 20 | 6 °C |
| May | 19 | 31 | 9 °C |
| June | 40 | 50 | 15 °C |
| July | 62 | 50 | 15 °C |
| August | 78 | 50 | 15 °C |
| September | 44 | 41 | 12 °C |
| October | 29 | 29 | 8 °C |
| November | 5 | 11 | 2 °C |
| December | 51 | 5 | -2 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Vorarlberg 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.
November
Wk 45–47
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 0, weather comfort near 10.
- Crowd level
- 0
- Comfort
- 8–13
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
- 6–7
Vorarlberg compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Vorarlberg
- 54.56
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: February, at 14.7× the value. Closest to the median: May, at 2.2× 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 Vorarlberg 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 | -5 | -3 | -6 | 103 |
| Feb | -3 | -1 | -4 | 63 |
| Mar | 0 | 2 | -2 | 143 |
| Apr | 3 | 6 | 1 | 155 |
| May | 7 | 9 | 5 | 224 |
| Jun | 12 | 15 | 10 | 168 |
| Jul | 13 | 15 | 11 | 241 |
| Aug | 13 | 15 | 11 | 210 |
| Sep | 10 | 12 | 8 | 169 |
| Oct | 6 | 8 | 4 | 122 |
| Nov | 0 | 2 | -1 | 157 |
| Dec | -3 | -2 | -5 | 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.
3.5 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 |
| Feb | 2.4 |
| Mar | 3.7 |
| Apr | 5.1 |
| May | 5.2 |
| Jun | 5.8 |
| Jul | 5.4 |
| Aug | 4.8 |
| Sep | 3.7 |
| Oct | 2.5 |
| Nov | 1.6 |
| Dec | 1.2 |
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.
Ski areas in Vorarlberg
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 42
- Slopes in total
- 939 km
- Lifts
- 338
- Highest point
- 2,436 m
On a long-term average, March sees the most snow: 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lech/Zürs | 119.66 km20.93 km cross-country | 32 | 1,430–2,436 m1,006 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Damüls-Mellau-Faschina | 102.34 km27.99 km cross-country | 31 | 689–2,021 m1,332 m vertical drop |
| Silvretta Montafon | 100.69 km23.95 km cross-country | 37 | 689–2,421 m1,732 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Damüls-Mellau | 89.06 km4.33 km cross-country | 25 | 689–2,021 m1,332 m vertical drop |
| Damüls | 65.23 km4.33 km cross-country | 16 | 1,376–2,021 m645 m vertical drop |
| Warth-Schröcken | 54.69 km0.01 km cross-country | 21 | 1,450–2,157 m707 m vertical drop |
| Brandnertal – Brand/Bürserberg | 44.76 km | 12 | 889–1,971 m1,083 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Diedamskopf | 32.25 km | 10 | 838–2,056 m1,218 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Heuberg Arena/Walmendingerhorn | 30.58 km | 15 | 1,067–1,936 m869 m vertical drop |
| Sonnenkopf | 30.56 km | 12 | 998–2,287 m1,289 m vertical drop |
| Golm | 28.37 km | 9 | 650–2,103 m1,453 m vertical drop |
| Gargellen | 26.73 km | 8 | 1,427–2,272 m845 m vertical drop |
| GermanyBalderschwang – Hochschelpen/Riedberger Horn | 26.04 km42.24 km cross-country | 11 | 1,002–1,487 m485 m vertical drop |
| Mellau | 24.16 km23.67 km cross-country | 10 | 689–1,920 m1,231 m vertical drop |
| Laterns-Gapfohl | 23.77 km | 12 | 1,141–1,770 m630 m vertical drop |
| Bödele | 21.18 km5.74 km cross-country | 12 | 814–1,439 m625 m vertical drop |
| GermanySkigebiet Ifen | 21 km | 4 | 1,257–2,019 m762 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Fontanella-Faschina | 13.26 km | 6 | 1,449–1,946 m496 m vertical drop |
| Gurtis | 11.35 km | 3 | 918–1,389 m471 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Schetteregg | 9.38 km | 6 | 1,064–1,344 m280 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Hochhäderich | 9.36 km | 7 | 1,216–1,499 m283 m vertical drop |
| Sonntag Stein | 6.4 km | 3 | 1,293–1,753 m460 m vertical drop |
| Skigebiet Niedere (Andelsbuch-Bezau) | 6.16 km | 4 | 1,200–1,704 m504 m vertical drop |
| Raggal | 5.96 km | 3 | 962–1,236 m274 m vertical drop |
| GermanyHochlitten-Riefensberg | 5.48 km | 4 | 970–1,154 m184 m vertical drop |
and 17 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 Vorarlberg
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Vorarlberg?
- The best time to visit Vorarlberg is May (Wk 20–22): in this window the crowd level is low at around 21 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 34 out of 100.
When is Vorarlberg quietest?
- November (Wk 45–47) is the quietest time in Vorarlberg. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Vorarlberg busiest?
- Vorarlberg is busiest in February (Wk 7) with around 257,367 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Vorarlberg and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Vorarlberg in July with an average of 15 °C and around 241 mm of rain in the month.
When is there the most snow in Vorarlberg and when are ski conditions best?
- Vorarlberg has the most snow in March with an average of around 105 cm. Those are the most reliable weeks for winter sports.
When is Vorarlberg least busy while still having good snow?
- The best time for quiet winter sports in Vorarlberg is April: with still around 87 cm of snow, the crowd level of about 20 out of 100 is below peak season.
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.