Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Salzburg, Austria
- Hours of sunshine in Salzburg range between 1h 52' daily in December and 6h 44' per day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 48' long and the shortest day is 8h 11' long.
- The longest day is 7h 37' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1712 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:41 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 39.1% of daylight hours. The remaining 60.9% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 42.6° above the horizon at Salzburg.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 65.64° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 18.81° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 17' | 3h 02' | 4h 25' | 5h 18' | 6h 36' | 6h 36' | 6h 44' | 6h 40' | 5h 52' | 4h 25' | 2h 18' | 1h 52' | 4h 41' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 52' | 10h 09' | 11h 49' | 13h 35' | 15h 07' | 15h 55' | 15h 33' | 14h 14' | 12h 30' | 10h 44' | 9h 13' | 8h 27' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 26 (74) | 31 (69) | 38 (62) | 40 (60) | 44 (56) | 42 (58) | 44 (56) | 48 (52) | 48 (52) | 42 (58) | 25 (75) | 23 (77) | 39 (61) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 22.3 | 31.7 | 42.5 | 54.1 | 62.4 | 65.6 | 62.6 | 54.3 | 42.8 | 31.4 | 22.2 | 18.8 | 42.6 |