Climate averages 1991–2020
Salzburg weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Salzburg: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Landshut (104 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Salzburg, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Salzburg ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 18.9°C; Salzburg is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 196 mm to 215 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Landshut in MayGermany · 104 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Linz in MayAustria · 108 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Munich in MayGermany · 116 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in MayAustria · 137 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 152 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in MayGermany · 161 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in MayAustria · 162 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 119 mm rain
- České Budějovice in MayCzechia · 168 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 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.