March Sunshine Averages for Austria

The tables below give March 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 March 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 March sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
34 Bregenz 119 4
50 Innsbruck 165 3
57 Lienz 184 5
Mayrhofen 130 6
50 Nauders 145 5
53 Obergurgl 109 5
Reutte 141 4

Southern and Central Austria

Average amount of sun in March
% Sun Place Hours Days
Bad Gastein 110 4
44 Graz 153 3
50 Klagenfurt 170 4
43 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 124 5
38 Salzburg 130 3
45 Schladming 144 3
43 Schmittenhöhe 150 3
42 Sonnblick Mountain 153 3
44 Villach 161 3
46 Zell am See 132 4

Northern and Eastern Austria

Average March sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
41 Bad Aussee 126
38 Eisenstadt 145 4
41 Gmunden 119 3
39 Krippenstein 144 4
36 Linz 118 5
44 Neusiedl am See 147 5
41 Sankt Pölten 137 4
38 St. Wolfgang 119 4
40 Vienna 143 3
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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