Snowfall Averages for Austria in March

The tables below give March averages for the amount of snowfall and number of days with snow on the ground at cities, towns and ski resorts in Austria.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Western Austria that includes the regions of Tyrol (Tirol) and Vorarlberg, Southern and Central Austria which covers Carinthia (Kärnten), Salzburg and Styria (Steiermark) and Northern and Eastern Austria which takes in Burgenland, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) plus Vienna (Wien).

The month's total fresh snow for most places is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010, while others use 1971 to 2000 averages. The number of days with snow cover is based on measurements made from 1971 to 2000. The calculation of days only includes the days when snow depth reached at least one centimetre (0.4 inches).

Western Austria

Days with snow on the ground and amount of snowfall on average in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
7 Bregenz 5.1 13
6 Innsbruck 4.7 12
15 Kitzbühel 14.0 36
17 Lienz 5.1 13
15 Mayrhofen 6.5 16
22 Nauders 12.6 32
31 Obergurgl 26.4 67
22 Reutte 23.3 59
28 Seefeld 33.5 85
27 St. Anton am Arlberg 23.5 60
23 St. Jakob im Defereggen 20.9 53

Southern and Central Austria

Average total snowfall and days with snow cover in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
19 Admont 11.8 30
22 Bad Gastein 24.4 62
4 Bruck an der Mur 3.5 9
4 Graz 2.8 7
8 Klagenfurt 3.9 10
26 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 35.4 90
6 Salzburg 7.1 18
28 Schladming 26.8 68
31 Schmittenhöhe 46.7 119
31 Sonnblick Mountain 113.0 287
8 Villach 4.4 11
19 Zell am See 15.4 39

Northern and Eastern Austria

March averages for days with snow and total snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
Bad Aussee 25.6 65
3 Eisenstadt 2.4 6
6 Gmunden 5.9 15
31 Krippenstein 88.2 224
3 Linz 2.8 7
2 Neusiedl am See 2.1 5
4 Sankt Pölten 3.1 8
8 St. Wolfgang 7.6 19
4 Vienna 3.1 8
References

ZAMG. Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik. Klimadaten von Österreich 1971 - 2000. Daten.

ZAMG. Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik. Klima. Informationsportal Klimawandel. Daten-Download. Klimamittel.

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