Graz weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇹 Austria · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Graz is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with September and June close behind. Graz averages about 1,953 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 90 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,953
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 833 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈65 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 303k
- Elevation
- 335 m
When is the best time to visit Graz?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Graz is May, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 32 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Graz?
Graz gets a moderate 1,953 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate May (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Graz is the sunniest of the 6 destinations tracked in Austria. The year's 833 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 32 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 40 mm | 1 |
| March | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| April | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| May | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 5 |
| June | 71 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 104 mm | 6 |
| July | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 107 mm | 6 |
| August | 70 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 110 mm | 5 |
| September | 72 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 96 mm | 4 |
| October | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 61 mm | 2 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 56 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 42 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ljubljana Slovenia · 114 km · best in Jul · 1,951 h sun/yr
- Zagreb Croatia · 147 km · best in Jul · 2,018 h sun/yr
- Vienna Austria · 151 km · best in May · 1,794 h sun/yr
- Bratislava Slovakia · 187 km · best in Sep · 1,795 h sun/yr
- Trieste Italy · 199 km · best in Jul · 2,292 h sun/yr
- Salzburg Austria · 204 km · best in Sep · 1,784 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Maribor Slovenia · 60 km · 1,951 h sun/yr · best in May
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Austria · 92 km · 1,952 h sun/yr · best in May
- Sármellék Hungary · 135 km · 2,027 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Graz compares month by month: Graz vs Vienna · Graz vs Zagreb · Graz vs Ljubljana · all comparisons
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