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Hochalmsee

Located in Reißeck, Spittal an der Drau District Coordinates: 46°56′59″ N 13°20′20″ E

Map showing the location of Hochalmsee Hochalmsee
Location in Austria
Elevation
2,379 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Hattelberg
5.8 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
Airports
KLU Klagenfurt Airport84 km
SZG Salzburg Airport97 km

About Hochalmsee

Hochalmsee is a lake. Location: Reißeck, Spittal an der Drau District. Elevation: 2,379 m. The nearest airport is Klagenfurt Airport (84 km). Nearby sights include Sonnblick and Gamolnig Spitze.

Climate of Hochalmsee

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -10° · Rain 128 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
Wettest month
July (181 mm)
Driest month
February (70 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Hochalmsee
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-6°-5°-3°0°6°9°11°11°8°4°-3°-6°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-11°-8°-4°0°2°2°-1°-5°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)79709812013717118116114313312899

How to get to Hochalmsee

The nearest airport is Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), 84 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Klagenfurt, 82 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 84 kmsoutheast
  • Salzburg Airport (SZG) Salzburg 97 kmnorth
  • Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) Zgornji Brnik 118 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Klagenfurt Population: 100.3K 82 kmsoutheast
  • Salzburg Population: 157.2K 97 kmnorth
  • Ljubljana Population: 272.2K 134 kmsoutheast
  • Innsbruck Population: 132.5K 152 kmwest
  • Graz Population: 303.3K 160 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Hochalmsee

Within 100 km: 276 historic and cultural sites, 3,842 natural sites, 974 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km286 places

  • Unterer Zwenberger See Lake 2 kmW
  • Unterer Schwarzsee Lake 18 kmN
  • Unterer Schwarzhorn See Lake 13 kmN
  • Unterbockhartsee Lake 24 kmNW

25–60 km1,750 places

  • Fürlegsee Lake 59 kmW
  • Vorderer Langtalsee Lake 43 kmW
  • Seeriessee Lake 54 kmNE
  • Untersee Lake 49 kmNE

60–100 km3,056 places

  • Hoher Dachstein Mountain 62 kmN
  • Lake Bohinj Lake 84 kmSE
  • Lake Bled Lake 87 kmSE
  • Triglav Mountain 74 kmSE

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