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The climate of Austria
According to the Köppen climate classification Austria has three climate types. The higher areas in places such as Tyrol and Vorarlberg have a high mountain climate (type EH). The lower parts have a moderate continental climate (type Dfb). The transitional areas in between these two climate types have a cold continental climate with cold winters and reasonably cool summers. Austria has a continental climate without any influence of the sea; the bleak character of the weather is a typical characteristic. Within one or a few days the weather may change completely. At the same time reasonably large differences may occur between type of weather and temperature within Austria. This mostly occurs in the Alps; even per mountain or per side of a mountain large differences may occur.

Climate information of places and areas in Austria
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Austria:

Summer in Austria
Summers in Austria are pleasantly warm. Even in the medium high regions it is pleasantly warm and reasonably sunny on most days. At an altitude of 1,800-2,000 meters and higher summer temperatures are uncommon. There is a reasonable chance of precipitation, especially in the southern and western parts of Austria. In the mountainous regions rainfall often goes together with a thunderstorm. This causes very bad weather in the valleys; large amounts of rain may fall within a short period of time. Most of the rain falls on the northern side of the Alps; depressions from the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean are stopped by the Alps. Because of the amount of precipitation that falls during the summer the climate in the relatively warm and dry eastern part of the country cannot be classified as Mediterranean.

Winter in Austria
Winter in Austria is all about winter sports. Large parts of the country are covered in a thick blanket of snow. Because of the excellent weather conditions Austria is one of the most popular winter sport destinations in the world. Many winter sports enthusiasts enjoy an excellent winter sports holiday in Austria. During the winter almost all of the precipitation falls in the form of snow. Only in the lowest parts of Austria rain may fall when temperatures are above freezing point. The highest peaks (above 3,000 meters) have perpetual snow. These peaks are covered in snow all year round.

Climate figures
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They can be seen as an average for Austria. The climate records shown are for the lower parts of Austria (<1,000 meters) which can be found in the north and the east. The higher regions (>1,000 meters) get less sunshine, are colder and annual precipitation is spread out differently.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	1	-5	2	14		n/a
February	4	-3	4	13		n/a
March	9	0	5	13		n/a
April	14	3	6	13		n/a
May	19	8	7	14		n/a
June	22	10	7	13		n/a
July	24	13	8	14		n/a
August	24	13	8	13		n/a
September	20	9	6	12		n/a
October	13	4	4	12		n/a
November	6	-1	3	15		n/a
December	2	-4	2	14		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The information below is an average for Austria with the exception of Alpine areas higher than 1,000 meters. Higher areas get less sunshine and have a higher chance of wintry weather.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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