Salzburg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇹 Austria · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Salzburg is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with July and June close behind. Salzburg averages about 1,784 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 113 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,784
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 1,264 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 206k
- Elevation
- 429 m
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When is the best time to visit Salzburg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salzburg is September, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 92 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salzburg?
Salzburg isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,784 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate September (63) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 6 destinations in Austria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,850 hours. The year's 1,264 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 | 92 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 72 mm | 1 |
| March | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 84 mm | 2 |
| April | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 72 mm | 4 |
| May | 59 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 136 mm | 4 |
| June | 61 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 158 mm | 5 |
| July | 62 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 146 mm | 5 |
| August | 61 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 153 mm | 5 |
| September | 63 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 113 mm | 3 |
| October | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 90 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 79 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Munich Germany · 110 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Innsbruck Austria · 138 km · best in Sep · 1,905 h sun/yr
- Bolzano (BZ) Italy · 195 km · best in Sep · 2,153 h sun/yr
- Graz Austria · 204 km · best in May · 1,953 h sun/yr
- Ljubljana Slovenia · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,951 h sun/yr
- Memmingen Germany · 207 km · best in Jun · 1,906 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Linz Austria · 101 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Austria · 163 km · 1,952 h sun/yr · best in May
- České Budějovice Czechia · 166 km · 1,722 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Salzburg compares month by month: Salzburg vs Munich · Salzburg vs Innsbruck · Salzburg vs Bolzano (BZ) · all comparisons
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