Climate averages 1991–2020
Innsbruck weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 642 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.2°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
December is a cold month in Innsbruck: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolzano (86 km away, marked approximate). In December its highs average 7.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Innsbruck, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Innsbruck ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 3.9°C; Innsbruck is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Innsbruck climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 83 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.6°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 79 | 12.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 110 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 115 | 16.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 21.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 198 | 21.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 203 | 21.0 | 15.516 h |
| August | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 206 | 20.0 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 139 | 15.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 118 | 13.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 106 | 12.9 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 4.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 96 | 13.5 | 8.69 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Bolzano (approximate) in DecemberItaly · 86 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Munich in DecemberGermany · 98 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Augsburg in DecemberGermany · 129 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Trento (approximate) in DecemberItaly · 134 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Salzburg in DecemberAustria · 137 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Vaduz in DecemberLiechtenstein · 142 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Landshut in DecemberGermany · 152 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in DecemberSwitzerland · 153 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.5°C · 105 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Innsbruck) is explained once on the Innsbruck year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.