Climate averages 1991–2020
Linz weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Linz: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is České Budějovice (76 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Linz, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Linz ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 3.9°C; Linz is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 3.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 59 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- České Budějovice in DecemberCzechia · 76 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Salzburg in DecemberAustria · 108 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Vienna in DecemberAustria · 155 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Landshut in DecemberGermany · 159 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Graz in DecemberAustria · 163 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Pilsen in DecemberCzechia · 173 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Regensburg in DecemberGermany · 179 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in DecemberAustria · 187 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 80 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.