Linz weather by month & the best time to visit

🇦🇹 Austria · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Linz is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with May and June close behind. Linz averages about 1,719 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 106 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,719

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

69/100

Rain / year

1,099 mm

Snow / year

≈1.6 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

349k

Elevation

294 m

When is the best time to visit Linz?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Linz is September, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 76 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Linz?

Linz isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,719 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate September (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 6 destinations in Austria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,850 hours. The year's 1,099 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Salzburg Austria · 101 km · best in Sep · 1,784 h sun/yr
• Graz Austria · 167 km · best in May · 1,953 h sun/yr
• Vienna Austria · 177 km · best in May · 1,794 h sun/yr
• Munich Germany · 178 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
• Prague Czechia · 207 km · best in Sep · 1,536 h sun/yr
• Brno Czechia · 210 km · best in Sep · 1,643 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• České Budějovice Czechia · 81 km · 1,722 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Austria · 177 km · 1,952 h sun/yr · best in May