January Sunshine Averages for Austria

The tables below give January 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 January 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 January sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
30 Bregenz 58 1
50 Innsbruck 100 5
51 Lienz 94 8
Mayrhofen 2 8
51 Nauders 90 8
57 Obergurgl 44 8
Reutte 106 6

Southern and Central Austria

Average amount of sun in January
% Sun Place Hours Days
Bad Gastein 52 8
39 Graz 102 3
36 Klagenfurt 90 4
52 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 85 8
27 Salzburg 67 3
45 Schladming 82 6
50 Schmittenhöhe 131 5
51 Sonnblick Mountain 141 6
33 Villach 84 4
44 Zell am See 75 5

Northern and Eastern Austria

Average January sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
49 Bad Aussee 74
26 Eisenstadt 73 2
28 Gmunden 48 2
43 Krippenstein 114 7
20 Linz 46 2
28 Neusiedl am See 69 3
25 Sankt Pölten 59 2
38 St. Wolfgang 83 3
26 Vienna 70 2
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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