Average Precipitation for Austria in May

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during May at cities, towns and ski resorts in Austria. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

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 precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The number of rainy or snowy days is based on measurements made from 1971 to 2000. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

Western Austria

Average monthly precipitation in May
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Bregenz 5.7 146
11 Innsbruck 3.3 84
13 Kitzbühel 4.5 114
11 Lienz 3.3 84
11 Mayrhofen 3.9 98
10 Nauders 2.3 59
11 Obergurgl 3.4 87
14 Reutte 5.3 135
13 Seefeld 4.1 104
13 St. Anton am Arlberg 3.2 82
13 St. Jakob im Defereggen 3.6 92
St. Leonhard in Pitztal 3.0 76

Southern and Central Austria

May averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Admont 4.3 110
14 Bad Gastein 4.3 110
10 Bruck an der Mur 3.0 76
11 Graz 3.7 95
Gröbming 3.3 84
10 Klagenfurt 3.1 80
14 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 4.3 109
12 Salzburg 4.5 115
13 Schladming 3.7 93
13 Schmittenhöhe 5.0 127
17 Sonnblick Mountain 8.9 225
10 Villach 3.6 92
12 Zell am See 4.2 106

Northern and Eastern Austria

Average amount of rain and snow in May
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
Bad Aussee 4.8 123
9 Eisenstadt 3.0 77
12 Gmunden 4.4 112
10 Linz 3.0 77
8 Neusiedl am See 2.4 60
9 Sankt Pölten 3.1 79
13 St. Wolfgang 5.0 127
9 Vienna 2.7 69
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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