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Salzburg in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Salzburg is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Salzburg is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
15h 08mon average

Is May a good time to visit Salzburg?

A good month, just outside Salzburg's best months, which run from 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in May, against 41°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against 5°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in May, against 44% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in May, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

15h 08m in May, against 8h 28m to 15h 56m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April60°16°low 36°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May69°21°low 45°low 7°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June75°24°low 53°low 12°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Salzburg sits, in May

Europe/Vienna
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:31 AMsets 8:37 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.