Climate averages 1991–2020
Linz weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Linz: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is České Budějovice (76 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Linz, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Linz ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 18.9°C; Linz is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 87 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- České Budějovice in MayCzechia · 76 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Salzburg in MayAustria · 108 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Vienna in MayAustria · 155 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Landshut in MayGermany · 159 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Graz in MayAustria · 163 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Pilsen in MayCzechia · 173 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 179 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in MayAustria · 187 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 119 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.