Climate averages 1991–2020
Linz weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Linz: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is České Budějovice (76 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Linz, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Linz ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 24.2°C; Linz is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- České Budějovice in AugustCzechia · 76 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Salzburg in AugustAustria · 108 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Vienna in AugustAustria · 155 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Landshut in AugustGermany · 159 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Graz in AugustAustria · 163 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Pilsen in AugustCzechia · 173 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Regensburg in AugustGermany · 179 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in AugustAustria · 187 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 152 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.