August Sunshine Averages for Austria

The tables below give August averages for the amount of sunshine received at cities and towns throughout Austria.

Each place has three measures of sunshine. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours when the sun shines. Hours gives the total hours of sunshine this month normally has.

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).

Days data are for the typical number of days in August that are mainly sunny. That's when cloud covered the sun for no more than 20 percent of the day.

The month's hours and percentage of sun for most places are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010, while the rest use 1971 to 2000 averages. The number of sunny days is based on measurements made from 1971 to 2000.

Western Austria

Total August sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
55 Bregenz 223 5
53 Innsbruck 212 2
58 Lienz 227 4
Mayrhofen 177 5
54 Nauders 193 3
55 Obergurgl 158 4
Reutte 187 4

Southern and Central Austria

Average amount of sun in August
% Sun Place Hours Days
Bad Gastein 155 5
57 Graz 231 4
58 Klagenfurt 239 6
53 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 186 6
48 Salzburg 203 5
51 Schladming 214 3
45 Schmittenhöhe 189 3
37 Sonnblick Mountain 158 2
56 Villach 227 4
51 Zell am See 183 4

Northern and Eastern Austria

Average August sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
50 Bad Aussee 194
51 Eisenstadt 254 6
60 Gmunden 207 6
48 Krippenstein 205 5
55 Linz 228 9
63 Neusiedl am See 255 8
58 Sankt Pölten 241 6
58 St. Wolfgang 209 5
59 Vienna 251 5
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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