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Salzburg in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Salzburg is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 30 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Salzburg is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
14h 12mon average

Is August a good time to visit Salzburg?

Yes. August is one of Salzburg's best months (June to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in August, against 41°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 5°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in August, against 44% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in August, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

14h 12m in August, against 8h 28m to 15h 56m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July78°26°low 56°low 13°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August78°26°low 56°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September70°21°low 49°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Salzburg sits, in August

Europe/Vienna
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:02 AMsets 8:23 PM
Above the sea
430 mlow-lying
Latitude
47.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut31 km east

The land around Salzburg, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Austria in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Salzburg

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Salzburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (430 m) against the climate model's (555 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (430 m) against the climate model's (555 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.