A good place. At the right time.

Austria
in December.

Is December a good time?

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No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.

National overnight stays are 64% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs: 40–44°F
Very good weather: 0 / 9 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 9 scored regions.

Find your December base

Based on 9 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

Innsbruck beneath the NordketteDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 9 possibilities.

Choose your December base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Find a place or region

Trip focus

9 of 9 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of Podersdorf lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl

CountrysideBurgenlandLake NeusiedlRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.6/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather5.0/10Good43°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Graz from Schlossberg beside the Uhrturm toward the Mur valley

MountainsStyriaGrazRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather5.0/10Good42°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Wörthersee toward the Maria Wörth peninsula and Karawanks from a Pyramidenkogel-style outlook

MountainsCarinthiaWörthersee · KlagenfurtRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair42°F afternoons · 6 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Vineyard path above Dürnstein in the Wachau with the Danube bend

CountrysideLower AustriaWachau · MelkRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair43°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Karlskirche across its reflecting pool in Resselpark

CityViennaRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair44°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Hallstatt and Hallstätter See from the classic north-of-village lakeside outlook

CountrysideUpper Austria & HallstattHallstatt · Linz · Salzkammergut (part)Read the December guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair43°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Pfänder summit above Bregenz looking across the shoreline and Lake Constance

MountainsVorarlbergLech · BregenzRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair44°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Innsbruck old town and Inn valley beneath the Nordkette

MountainsTyrolInnsbruck · Kitzbühel · St. Anton · MayrhofenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair40°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Hohensalzburg Fortress from a Kapuzinerberg outlook across the Salzach

MountainsSalzburgZell am See · KaprunRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair42°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Austria's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Austria's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

December weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons: 40–44°F
Typical nights: 26–31°F
Rain days: 6–14 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Afternoons around 44°F (6°C): a warm coat; nights around 28°F (−2°C): a winter coat, hat and gloves. Bring rain gear: about 14 days with at least 1 mm of rain.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather

Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
Region	Afternoon	Night	Rain days	Weather
Burgenland	43°F	30°F	7	good
Styria	42°F	27°F	8	good
Carinthia	42°F	27°F	6	fair
Lower Austria	43°F	31°F	9	fair
Vienna	44°F	31°F	8	fair
Upper Austria & Hallstatt	43°F	30°F	14	fair
Vorarlberg	44°F	28°F	14	fair
Tyrol	40°F	—	10	fair
Salzburg	42°F	26°F	13	fair

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Busy season, nationally.

December records 64% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

A little above usual.

+6% on Austria's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip

Christmas markets (Austria), typically 13 November – 26 December 2026: evenings and weekends are crowded; city hotels fill on December weekends. Official calendar.

Holidays: 26% of people in Austria live where schools are out on a typical December 2026 day. Public holidays: 8 Dec Immaculate Conception; 25 Dec Christmas Day; 26 Dec St Stephen's Day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

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How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Austria's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Austria) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Austria's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is above EU average (110 where the EU average is 100). Full method.