Climate averages 1991–2020
Salzburg weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Salzburg: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Landshut (104 km away). In October its highs average 13.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Salzburg, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Salzburg ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 14.6°C; Salzburg is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Landshut in OctoberGermany · 104 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Linz in OctoberAustria · 108 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Munich in OctoberGermany · 116 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in OctoberAustria · 137 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Regensburg in OctoberGermany · 152 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in OctoberGermany · 161 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in OctoberAustria · 162 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 121 mm rain
- České Budějovice in OctoberCzechia · 168 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 48 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.