Maybe I'm just getting old but I find myself in my mid-40s more sensitive to warm weather. My wife and I spent 10 days in Italy in late June last year and those temperatures were a real challenge ... I felt like the first tourist on the sun. July 2010 we're considering Vienna-Salzburg-Prague and I'm wondering if anyone can give me an idea of how it gets at that time of year in those locales and should I consider a different, more northern, location.
Posted by
Grapevine, TX, USA
875 posts
Of course trying to predict the weather is impossible. I can only tell you I was in Austria in July one year, and it was in the mid-80s in Vienna. When you travel in June-July-August that's just the chance you take. I go in very early spring to avoid it if possible.
Posted by
Charlestown, PA, USA
193 posts
What are you used to? Someone from Texas would probably tolerate the heat better than someone from Minnesota.
Posted by
Redding, CA, USA
1568 posts
We were in Austria and Czech Republic in June/July and found it nice and not too hot or humid.
Posted by
Pearland, Texas, USA
441 posts
I'm from Texas and I went to Ireland in mid-June. It was in the low 70s. When we flew back to Houston, the pilot said it was 101. I agree that it all depends on what you're used to!
Posted by
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2773 posts
Hi, Brian. I hate hot weather too. It's hard to cover a lot of ground (and enjoy it) if you are sweating and panting.
If you are looking for somewhere cool to go in the summer, I recommend Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Norway, and possibly England. I suppose you could hit a heat wave, but it's not likely. And all these countries have a lot going for them besides cool weather.
Posted by
Grapevine, TX, USA
875 posts
While I LOVE Texas, I detest hot weather and do not tolerate it well at all. I love vacationing in cool-cold weather and find smaller crowds in the "shoulder season". Even 80 degrees is too warm for me if I have to be out walking around in the sun from place to place. Most people handle the heat far better than I.
Posted by
Reston, VA, USA
810 posts
We were in Vienna in mid-July 2006 and it was pretty darn hot - I'm remembering above 30, so upper 80s. I spent some time in the basement of the Lippizaner museum because they had a great movie AND it was so nice and cool! So if you really want to be sure to be cool, you might prefer to be farther north.