Climate
Due to its altitude and position in Central Europe far from the coast, Innsbruck has a Continental climate (Köppen classification : Dfb). Winters are cold (colder than those of most major European cities) and snowy. Winter nights can get frigid, occasionally dropping to −12 °C (10 °F).
Spring is brief; days start to get warm, often over 15 °C (59 °F), but nights remain cool or even freezing.
Summer is highly variable and unpredictable. Days can be cool 17 °C (63 °F) and rainy, or sunny and extremely hot, sometimes hitting 34 °C (93 °F). In summer, as expected for an alpine climate, the diurnal temperature variation is often very high as nights always remain cool, being 12 °C (54 °F) on average, but sometimes dipping as low as 6 °C (43 °F).
The average annual temperature is 9 °C (48 °F).
| Climate data for Innsbruck | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.1 (93.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−15 (5.0) |
−4 (24.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.5 (38.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 42.5 (1.673) |
36.8 (1.449) |
53.8 (2.118) |
58.8 (2.315) |
83.2 (3.276) |
111.8 (4.402) |
134.3 (5.287) |
116.5 (4.587) |
78.1 (3.075) |
56.1 (2.209) |
62.4 (2.457) |
48.8 (1.921) |
883.1 (34.768) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 21.8 (8.58) |
28.4 (11.18) |
12.6 (4.96) |
4.1 (1.61) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.7 (0.67) |
10.8 (4.25) |
15.9 (6.26) |
95.3 (37.52) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.6 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 117.0 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 20.7 | 14.3 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 16.4 | 63.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 94.7 | 121.1 | 154.2 | 168.2 | 193.0 | 186.8 | 215.5 | 214.4 | 180.0 | 159.0 | 102.2 | 82.8 | 1,871.9 |
| Source: Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics | |||||||||||||
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