Climate averages 1991–2020
Salzburg weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Salzburg: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Landshut (104 km away). In December its highs average 3.5°C, about as warm as Salzburg, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Salzburg ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 3.9°C; Salzburg is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 3.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 116 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Landshut in DecemberGermany · 104 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Linz in DecemberAustria · 108 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Munich in DecemberGermany · 116 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in DecemberAustria · 137 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Regensburg in DecemberGermany · 152 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in DecemberGermany · 161 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in DecemberAustria · 162 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 80 mm rain
- České Budějovice in DecemberCzechia · 168 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.9°C · 40 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.