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Vienna in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Vienna is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 31 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Vienna is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
14h 14mon average

Is August a good time to visit Vienna?

Yes. August is one of Vienna'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 82°F in August, against 41°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 5°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in August, against 30% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in August, against 42% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

14h 14m in August, against 8h 24m to 16h 00m 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. July82°28°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September73°23°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Vienna sits, in August

Europe/Vienna
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:48 AMsets 8:11 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
48.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut224 km west

The land around Vienna, 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 Vienna

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vienna. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.