Climate averages 1991–2020
Vienna weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Vienna: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratislava (55 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Vienna, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Vienna ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 3.9°C; Vienna 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 38 mm to 35 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
Vienna 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-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 35 | 8.3 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 32 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 72 | 11.9 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 76 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 79 | 12.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 71 | 10.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 71 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 43 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 3.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 8.8 | 8.48 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
- Bratislava in DecemberSlovakia · 55 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Szombathely in DecemberHungary · 110 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Győr in DecemberHungary · 111 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Brno in DecemberCzechia · 111 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Nitra in DecemberSlovakia · 127 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Graz in DecemberAustria · 145 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Zlín in DecemberCzechia · 148 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Linz in DecemberAustria · 155 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 57 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 Vienna) is explained once on the Vienna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.