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Salzburg in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Salzburg is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 22°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Salzburg is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
22°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
8h 53mon average

Is January a good time to visit Salzburg?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in January, against 44% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

8h 53m in January, against 8h 28m to 15h 56m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December43°6°low 25°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January41°5°low 22°low -6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February44°7°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Salzburg sits, in January

Europe/Vienna
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:52 AMsets 4:41 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.