Salzburg month by month
Plan your visit to Salzburg by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Salzburg's year splits into three bands. Winter holds from December through February, with highs at 6°C in December and January, then 9°C in February. The warm season runs June through August, when highs reach 24 to 25°C. April averages 14°C, May 18°C. September drops to 20°C, October to 17°C. Rain stays persistent across Salzburg's calendar, never below 11 days in any month. May and July tie for the wettest at 18 rain days each. February and October share the driest reading at 11.
All 12 months sit beneath this index. A visitor who compares June and July will find similar warmth at 24°C versus 25°C, but June records 13 rain days against July's 18. October at 17°C with 11 rain days tends to outperform April at 14°C with 14. May sits at 18°C, then one month later June reaches 24°C.
May deserves a closer read. Its 18°C average high feels mild, but 18 rain days match July for the wettest month of the year. January and December, both at 6°C, pair that cold with 14 to 15 rain days.
July is Salzburg's most decisive month, the warmest at 25°C yet tied with May for the wettest at 18 rain days.
- January
- High
- 6°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 95 mm
January in Salzburg belongs to locals and classical music fans. The Christmas market stalls at Domplatz and Residenzplatz come down in the first week, the Sound of Music tour…
- February
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 0°C
- Rain
- 82 mm
February in Salzburg is properly cold. That's the first thing to know. Daytime highs sit around 4°C (39°F), and even when the sun catches the Baroque facades along Getreidegasse,…
- March
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 83 mm
March in Salzburg is a month of waiting. Winter hasn't quite released its grip on the city, but the worst of the cold has passed, and you can feel spring loading itself into the…
- April
- High
- 14°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 98 mm
April in Salzburg sits in the gap between ski season's tail and the warm-weather months that draw most visitors. Daytime highs reach about 14°C (57°F), which feels pleasant enough…
- May
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 165 mm
May in Salzburg is wet. The city averages 165mm of rain spread across 18 days, making it one of the 3 wettest months alongside July and August. Daytime highs reach 18.3°C (65°F),…
- June
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 104 mm
June in Salzburg offers something the festival months cannot. Daytime highs average 24.5°C (76°F), the sun sets after 9 p.m., and the Alpine meadows above the city are thick with…
- July
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 166 mm
July in Salzburg belongs to the Salzburger Festspiele. The world's most prestigious classical music and performing arts festival opens in the final third of the month, and the city…
- August
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 171 mm
August in Salzburg belongs to the Festspiele. The Salzburger Festspiele runs from mid-July through August 31 and draws roughly 250,000 attendees each year. This compact city of…
- September
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 146 mm
September in Salzburg is the exhale after the Festspiele. The summer festival wraps up in late August, and within days the opera crowds, the tour buses on Getreidegasse, and the…
- October
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 89 mm
The most important thing to know about October in Salzburg is that the summer crowds have left and the rain, surprisingly, hasn't come to replace them. The Salzburg Festival ended…
- November
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 113 mm
November in Salzburg means fog. The city sits in a basin between the Mönchsberg and Kapuzinerberg ridges, and from late October through November, thick valley fog can park itself…
- December
- High
- 6°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 100 mm
December in Salzburg revolves around one thing. The Christkindlmarkt. The city's Christmas market tradition has records dating to 1491, and for roughly 5 weeks each winter the…