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Where to go in May / Austria / May

A good place. At the right time.

Austria
in May.

Is May a good time?

Temperature unit

6 of 9 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.

National overnight stays are 45% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
65–70°F
Very good weather
6 / 9 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 3 scored regions.

Find your May 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 May 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 Karlskirche across its reflecting pool in ResselparkCityViennaRead the May guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good70°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Podersdorf lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake NeusiedlCountrysideBurgenlandLake NeusiedlRead the May guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.4/10Very good70°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vineyard path above Dürnstein in the Wachau with the Danube bendCountrysideLower AustriaWachau · MelkRead the May guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather8.1/10Very good68°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Graz from Schlossberg beside the Uhrturm toward the Mur valleyMountainsStyriaGrazRead the May guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather7.7/10Very good67°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual 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 May guide ↗ Overall7.2/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather7.6/10Very good67°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher 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 May guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather7.3/10Very good67°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow 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 May guide ↗ Overall7.3/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather6.9/10Good67°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow 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 May guide ↗ Overall7.1/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather6.4/10Good66°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Innsbruck old town and Inn valley beneath the NordketteMountainsTyrolInnsbruck · Kitzbühel · St. Anton · MayrhofenRead the May guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather6.1/10Good65°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower 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

May weather & packing.

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

Typical afternoons
65–70°F
Typical nights
44–49°F
Rain days
10–16 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 70°F (21°C): T-shirt weather; nights around 49°F (9°C): a sweater and a light jacket. Bring rain gear: about 10 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
Vienna70°F49°F10very good
Burgenland70°F49°F11very good
Lower Austria68°F48°F10very good
Styria67°F47°F13very good
Upper Austria & Hallstatt67°F47°F12very good
Carinthia67°F46°F14very good
Vorarlberg67°F46°F14good
Salzburg66°F44°F16good
Tyrol65°F—16good

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Moderate season, nationally.

May records 45% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

−1% 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: 10% of people in Austria live where schools are out on a typical May 2027 day. Public holidays: 1 May Labour Day; 6 May Ascension Day; 17 May Pentecost Monday; 27 May Corpus Christi. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

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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.