Vienna weather by month & the best time to visit

🇦🇹 Austria · major city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Vienna is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with June and July close behind. Vienna averages about 1,794 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

1,794

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

76/100

Rain / year

636 mm

Snow / year

≈72 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

2.4M

Elevation

182 m

When is the best time to visit Vienna?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Vienna is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 40 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Vienna?

Vienna isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,794 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate May (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 6 destinations in Austria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,850 hours. The year's 636 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

• Bratislava Slovakia · 48 km · best in Sep · 1,795 h sun/yr
• Brno Czechia · 116 km · best in Sep · 1,643 h sun/yr
• Graz Austria · 151 km · best in May · 1,953 h sun/yr
• Ostrava Czechia · 209 km · best in Aug · 1,541 h sun/yr
• Budapest Hungary · 215 km · best in Sep · 1,974 h sun/yr
• Ljubljana Slovenia · 264 km · best in Jul · 1,951 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Győr Hungary · 107 km · 1,927 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Sármellék Hungary · 164 km · 2,027 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Linz Austria · 177 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

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