FLIGHTS AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Overview
The capital city of Austria is Vienna. The official language of Austria is German. The demonym for Austria is Austrian. Austria lies at 48 degrees 12 minutes to north and 16 degrees 21 minutes to east. The total land area of Austria is about 83,855 square kilometers as per the recent census carried out during 2011. The population in Austria is about 8, 404,252 as per the census conducted during the year 2011. The population density is about 99 per square kilometers. The total GDP of Austria is about $332,005 billion and per capita GDP of Austria is $44,986 according to the 2010 estimation.
The official name of Austria is republic of Austria. It is considered to be a land locked country with about 8.4 million people in it. It is located in the central part of Europe. Austria has borders of Germany and Czech republic to its north, Hungary and Slovakia to its east, Liechtenstein and Switzerland to its west, and Italy and Slovenia to its south.
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Climate / Weather
The climate of Austria will be facing cool temperature almost all the year. The climate zone of Austria will be humid with predominate westerly winds. Almost half of the country will be dominated by alpine climate which is termed as Alps. The alpine climate will be the predominate one in Austria. In the east part of Austria, in Pannonian plain along with the Danube valley, the climate will show few continental features like less rainfall than compared with Alps areas. The winter of Austria is very cold with temperature about -10 degree C to 0 degree C. the summer temperature of Austria will be warm with the average temperature readings like 20 degree C. Hence summer is considered to be the best time for travel to Austria.
| Today | 05/18/2012 | 05/19/2012 | 05/20/2012 | 05/21/2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Partly Cloudy 14°C/4°C |  Clear 19°C/9°C | Clear 22°C/15°C | Clear 26°C/14°C |  Overcast 24°C/14°C |
Transportation
There are lots of options for people to get around the cities of Austria. Trains are considered to be the best means to get around while visiting the different cities. The trains of Austria are moderately priced and are very comfortable to travel. The two major forms of transportation in Austria are trains and busses. These two sources are designed and integrated so carefully that it can complement one another. It is difficult to find long distance buses in Austria but the facility of trains are there. The tickets are sold domestically depending upon the distance of travel. There are some discount cards to avail discount in travel tickets.
