May Sunshine Averages for Austria

The tables below give May 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 May 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 May sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
48 Bregenz 207 4
49 Innsbruck 206 1
50 Lienz 207 2
Mayrhofen 184 4
46 Nauders 168 2
49 Obergurgl 155 2
Reutte 191 2

Southern and Central Austria

Average amount of sun in May
% Sun Place Hours Days
Bad Gastein 159 3
49 Graz 218 2
51 Klagenfurt 223 2
49 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 178 4
44 Salzburg 196 3
47 Schladming 211 2
40 Schmittenhöhe 179 2
32 Sonnblick Mountain 144 1
48 Villach 208 2
51 Zell am See 190 4

Northern and Eastern Austria

Average May sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Bad Aussee 182
48 Eisenstadt 246 4
55 Gmunden 203 4
46 Krippenstein 205 3
52 Linz 229 6
57 Neusiedl am See 244 5
53 Sankt Pölten 231 4
51 St. Wolfgang 191 4
53 Vienna 239 4
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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