Climate averages 1991–2020
Salzburg weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Salzburg: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Landshut (104 km away). In February its highs average 4.9°C, about as warm as Salzburg, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Salzburg ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 5.4°C; Salzburg is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Landshut in FebruaryGermany · 104 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Linz in FebruaryAustria · 108 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Munich in FebruaryGermany · 116 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in FebruaryAustria · 137 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -4.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Regensburg in FebruaryGermany · 152 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in FebruaryGermany · 161 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in FebruaryAustria · 162 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- České Budějovice in FebruaryCzechia · 168 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 32 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.