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Salzburg in December

Chilly and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Salzburg is chilly: highs near 43°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 28 minutes.December in Salzburg is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 28 minutes.

High
43°F6°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
8h 28mon average

Is December a good time to visit Salzburg?

December sits outside Salzburg's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four days a week.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 43°F in December, against 41°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in December, against 5°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in December, against 44% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in December, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

8h 28m in December, against 8h 28m to 15h 56m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November53°12°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December43°6°low 25°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January41°5°low 22°low -6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Salzburg sits, in December

Europe/Vienna
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:50 AMsets 4:16 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.