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A good place. At the right time.

Austria
in January.

Is January a good time?

Temperature unit

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

National overnight stays are 73% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
38–42°F
Very good weather
0 / 9 regions

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

Find your January base

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

Illustration of Innsbruck old town and Inn valley beneath the Nordkette
Innsbruck beneath the NordketteDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 9 possibilities.

Choose your January base.

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

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

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 NeusiedlCountrysideBurgenlandLake NeusiedlRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair42°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Graz from Schlossberg beside the Uhrturm toward the Mur valleyMountainsStyriaGrazRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair41°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Wörthersee toward the Maria Wörth peninsula and Karawanks from a Pyramidenkogel-style outlookMountainsCarinthiaWörthersee · KlagenfurtRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair40°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Karlskirche across its reflecting pool in ResselparkCityViennaRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.6/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair41°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vineyard path above Dürnstein in the Wachau with the Danube bendCountrysideLower AustriaWachau · MelkRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.5/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair41°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Hallstatt and Hallstätter See from the classic north-of-village lakeside outlookCountrysideUpper Austria & HallstattHallstatt · Linz · Salzkammergut (part)Read the January guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair41°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Innsbruck old town and Inn valley beneath the NordketteMountainsTyrolInnsbruck · Kitzbühel · St. Anton · MayrhofenRead the January guide ↗ Overall4.6/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.9/10Fair38°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonBusy 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 ConstanceMountainsVorarlbergLech · BregenzRead the January guide ↗ Overall4.6/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.9/10Fair41°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Hohensalzburg Fortress from a Kapuzinerberg outlook across the SalzachMountainsSalzburgZell am See · KaprunRead the January guide ↗ Overall4.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.6/10Fair39°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual 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

January weather & packing.

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

Typical afternoons
38–42°F
Typical nights
24–29°F
Rain days
7–13 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 42°F (5°C): a warm coat; nights around 28°F (−2°C): a winter coat, hat and gloves. Bring rain gear: about 8 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.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Burgenland42°F28°F8fair
Styria41°F25°F8fair
Carinthia40°F24°F7fair
Vienna41°F29°F9fair
Lower Austria41°F28°F10fair
Upper Austria & Hallstatt41°F28°F13fair
Tyrol38°F—10fair
Vorarlberg41°F26°F12fair
Salzburg39°F24°F13fair

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Busy season, nationally.

January records 73% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

−3% 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

Holidays: 22% of people in Austria live where schools are out on a typical January 2027 day. Public holidays: 1 Jan New Year's Day; 6 Jan Epiphany. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Austria through the year ↗

January is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗

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.