Climate averages 1991–2020
Salzburg weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Salzburg: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Landshut (104 km away). In April its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Salzburg, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Salzburg ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 14.5°C; Salzburg is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 196 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
Salzburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 116 | 13.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.1°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 106 | 13.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 140 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 121 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 196 | 19.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 215 | 20.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 217 | 20.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 193 | 18.3 | 14.314 h |
| September | 19.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 165 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 120 | 13.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.8°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 121 | 15.0 | 8.58 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
- Landshut in AprilGermany · 104 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Linz in AprilAustria · 108 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Munich in AprilGermany · 116 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in AprilAustria · 137 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Regensburg in AprilGermany · 152 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in AprilGermany · 161 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in AprilAustria · 162 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 96 mm rain
- České Budějovice in AprilCzechia · 168 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 43 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 Salzburg) is explained once on the Salzburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.