Photo: Andreas Garger · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
KapfenbergReport this photo · linked, not stored
KapfenbergReport this photo · linked, not stored
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kapfenberg
Kapfenberg climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation839 mm168 wet days a year
47.44° N, 15.29° EElevation 502 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goKapfenberg · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kapfenberg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 839 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (111 mm, 19 wet days) and February the driest (38 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 45% in November.
Compared with Vienna, the capital, Kapfenberg is 1.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -4° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 56 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 29 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Average low | -4° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 41 mm | 38 mm | 54 mm | 51 mm | 86 mm | 104 mm | 111 mm | 114 mm | 82 mm | 58 mm | 52 mm | 48 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 42% | 43% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 30% | 32% | 38% | 41% | 45% | 45% |
| Daylight | 8h 52 | 10h 16 | 11h 51 | 13h 36 | 15h 06 | 15h 56 | 15h 36 | 14h 18 | 12h 37 | 10h 56 | 9h 21 | 8h 29 |
| Month score | 24 | 26 | 26 | 57 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 51 | 25 | 23 |
ivMonth by month
Kapfenberg in every month
January24
3° / -4°
41 mm · 12.3 wet days
February26
6° / -3°
38 mm · 11.4 wet days
March26
11° / 0°
54 mm · 12.2 wet days
April57
16° / 4°
51 mm · 11.7 wet days
May65
20° / 8°
86 mm · 18.2 wet days
June65
24° / 12°
104 mm · 18.5 wet days
July65
26° / 14°
111 mm · 18.8 wet days
August65
25° / 14°
114 mm · 16.1 wet days
September66
20° / 10°
82 mm · 13.2 wet days
October51
15° / 6°
58 mm · 11.7 wet days
November25
8° / 1°
52 mm · 11.4 wet days
December23
3° / -3°
48 mm · 12.1 wet days