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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Schwechat
Schwechat climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation617 mm115 wet days a year
48.13° N, 16.47° EElevation 163 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goSchwechat · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Schwechat has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 617 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (66 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (39 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 50% in December.
Compared with Vienna, the capital, Schwechat is 0.2° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 23 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 | 4° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 22° | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 3° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 31 mm | 31 mm | 45 mm | 39 mm | 66 mm | 74 mm | 70 mm | 72 mm | 64 mm | 39 mm | 45 mm | 41 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7 | 12.7 | 12 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 45% | 44% | 37% | 35% | 35% | 30% | 30% | 35% | 39% | 49% | 50% |
| Daylight | 8h 47 | 10h 14 | 11h 50 | 13h 38 | 15h 10 | 16h 02 | 15h 41 | 14h 21 | 12h 38 | 10h 54 | 9h 17 | 8h 23 |
| Month score | 29 | 33 | 40 | 77 | 68 | 68 | 60 | 63 | 77 | 62 | 30 | 28 |
ivMonth by month
Schwechat in every month
January29
4° / -2°
31 mm · 9.4 wet days
February33
6° / -1°
31 mm · 8.1 wet days
March40
11° / 2°
45 mm · 7.7 wet days
April77
17° / 6°
39 mm · 7 wet days
May68
21° / 11°
66 mm · 12.7 wet days
June68
25° / 14°
74 mm · 12 wet days
July60
28° / 16°
70 mm · 12.3 wet days
August63
27° / 16°
72 mm · 11.6 wet days
September77
22° / 12°
64 mm · 8.7 wet days
October62
15° / 7°
39 mm · 8.1 wet days
November30
9° / 3°
45 mm · 8.4 wet days
December28
4° / -1°
41 mm · 9.3 wet days