Climate guideThirty-year normals for Linz
Linz climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Apr · Jun · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation793 mm156 wet days a year
48.31° N, 14.29° EElevation 266 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goLinz · weather score
Best timeApr · Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Linz 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 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 793 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (86 mm, 17 wet days) and February the driest (49 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 47% in November.
Compared with Vienna, the capital, Linz is 1.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -3° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 22 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° | 5° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 3° |
| Average low | -3° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 49 mm | 63 mm | 52 mm | 74 mm | 86 mm | 98 mm | 91 mm | 64 mm | 53 mm | 54 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.3 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 14.5 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 12.7 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 43% | 44% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 32% | 32% | 37% | 40% | 47% | 47% |
| Daylight | 8h 46 | 10h 13 | 11h 50 | 13h 39 | 15h 11 | 16h 04 | 15h 43 | 14h 22 | 12h 38 | 10h 54 | 9h 16 | 8h 22 |
| Month score | 21 | 29 | 26 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 61 | 62 | 70 | 51 | 27 | 21 |
ivMonth by month
Linz in every month
January21
3° / -3°
52 mm · 13.3 wet days
February29
5° / -2°
49 mm · 10.2 wet days
March26
11° / 2°
63 mm · 12.2 wet days
April64
17° / 6°
52 mm · 10.6 wet days
May64
21° / 10°
74 mm · 16.5 wet days
June65
24° / 14°
86 mm · 16.6 wet days
July61
26° / 15°
98 mm · 16.6 wet days
August62
26° / 15°
91 mm · 14.5 wet days
September70
20° / 11°
64 mm · 11.3 wet days
October51
14° / 7°
53 mm · 10.9 wet days
November27
8° / 2°
54 mm · 10.2 wet days
December21
3° / -1°
57 mm · 12.7 wet days