Climate averages 1991–2020
Linz weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Linz: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is České Budějovice (76 km away). In April its highs average 14.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Linz, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Linz ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 14.5°C; Linz is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Linz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 59 | 11.2 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 50 | 10.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 67 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 55 | 10.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 88 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 87 | 13.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 93 | 13.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 86 | 11.3 | 14.314 h |
| September | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 74 | 10.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 62 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 54 | 10.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 57 | 11.9 | 8.48 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
April in nearby cities
- České Budějovice in AprilCzechia · 76 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Salzburg in AprilAustria · 108 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Vienna in AprilAustria · 155 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Landshut in AprilGermany · 159 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Graz in AprilAustria · 163 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Pilsen in AprilCzechia · 173 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Regensburg in AprilGermany · 179 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in AprilAustria · 187 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 96 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 Linz) is explained once on the Linz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.