What are the best times to visit Austria?

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Ghasemi - The best time to visit Austria depends on whether you are visiting urban or rural areas. How is the weather on Austrian soil throughout the year? And what are the best times to visit Austria?

Most mountain resorts, for example, have two distinct tourist seasons, one season for winter sports enthusiasts, and the other for summer hikers. Between those seasons, you may find many tourist facilities closed.

However, the most urban centers serve as a year-round tourist destination, with large numbers of visitors recorded during the peak of annual holidays and festivals. In the capital, Vienna, tourist crowds rise during Christmas and New Year more than any other city, while the Salzburg Festival It ensures that there is a constant flow of visitors to the city during the months of July and August.

To get the most out of the hot (or rather warm) weather, it's best to plan to go between April and October, and the mountainous Austrian and European summers in particular are refreshingly warm and not as swelteringly hot as those in southern Europe or, of course, in the Arab region. .

If you are a ski enthusiast, you can pretty much guarantee the presence of snow from November to April, and away from ski resorts, traveling during the winter season cannot be recommended in any way, as the weather is wet and very cold. Makes the atmosphere very miserable.

The weather conditions vary between parts of the country, but very little. The alpine regions are definitely cold, while the low regions in the north and east of the country enjoy a continental climate, where the winter is colder and the summer is hotter, and in contrast the southeast of the country is warmer and closer. of the Mediterranean summer.

Keep in mind that regardless of the season, being at a high altitude means that the weather can change quickly and suddenly, and the possibility of thunderstorms exists at any time of the year.