Climate averages 1991–2020
Innsbruck weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th 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.
May is a mild month in Innsbruck: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolzano (86 km away, marked approximate). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 3.1°C warmer than Innsbruck, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Innsbruck ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 18.9°C; Innsbruck is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 198 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bolzano (approximate) in MayItaly · 86 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Munich in MayGermany · 98 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Augsburg in MayGermany · 129 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Trento (approximate) in MayItaly · 134 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Salzburg in MayAustria · 137 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Vaduz in MayLiechtenstein · 142 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Landshut in MayGermany · 152 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in MaySwitzerland · 153 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.0°C · 155 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.