Cortina d'Ampezzo snow history

Cortina d'Ampezzo averages 354cm of snowfall over a full season, measured from November to May across the last 10 winters. That is above average: more snow than 72% of 39 resorts we have analysed the same way, where the median season brings 272cm.

Season to season the spread is wide. The best of the last 10 winters was 2019/20 with 506cm, and the leanest was 2025/26 with 217cm — a difference of 289cm between a good year and a poor one. The most recent complete season, 2025/26, delivered 217cm.

November is reliably the snowiest month, averaging 74cm and 8 days with fresh snow.

Snowfall totals flatter resorts that lose their snow quickly, so the more useful number is how deep the settled base actually gets. At Cortina d'Ampezzo the snowpack peaks at an average of 136cm each season. That is well above average, deeper than 85% of 39 resorts we have analysed the same way, against a median peak of 83cm.

The base is deepest in March, averaging 105cm through the month and topping out around 122cm in a typical year.

Counting any day that delivers at least 15cm of new snow, Cortina d'Ampezzo averages 6 powder days a season. That is well above average, more powder days than 85% of 39 resorts we have analysed the same way, where the median is 2 a season.

Powder days are not spread evenly. November averages 1.2 of them, which is the single strongest argument for timing a trip around the middle of the season rather than the edges.

A bluebird day means sunshine for at least 60% of daylight on the back of at least 10cm of snow in the previous 3 days — fresh snow and clear skies together, which is the combination people actually travel for. Cortina d'Ampezzo averages 14 of them a season. That is above average, more than 69% of 39 resorts we have analysed the same way, against a median of 9.

November is the best month for it, averaging 3.1 bluebird days and 6.3 hours of sunshine a day.

Rain is the thing that ruins a ski week, and at mid-mountain height Cortina d'Ampezzo sees an average of 30 days a season with at least 1mm of rain rather than snow. That is about average: 46% of the 39 other resorts we have analysed the same way see fewer wet days, against a median of 32.

May carries the most of it, with 18.6 rain days and 102mm in an average year. Bear in mind these figures are for the middle of the mountain: the base area will be wetter and the top drier.

Cortina d'Ampezzo typically holds at least 30cm of settled snow from around 2 December through to 11 May, which works out at roughly 162 days of skiable cover in an average year. 147 of those fall inside the November to May season. On season length that is above average compared with the 39 other resorts we have analysed the same way.

In practice that means the snow is usually gone, or going, by 11 May. Anyone booking late in the season should be looking at the highest terrain here rather than the base, and anyone booking early should expect the upper mountain to open before the valley runs do.

If you want the deepest base, go in March. If you want the best chance of fresh snow, go in November. If you want fresh snow and sunshine together, November gives the most bluebird days. Those rarely fall in the same month, so it is worth deciding which one matters most to you before you book.