🇦🇹 Weather in Vienna in January
This is what the weather in Vienna (Austria) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
3.0 °C
-1.6 °C – 5.4 °C
Avg. night-time low
-3.4 °C
-8.7 °C – -0.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
10.9
35 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
35.4 mm
18.8 mm – 58.0 mm
Avg. cloud cover
78 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 14.2 °C (28 Jan 2025) · Lowest temperature -14.7 °C (11 Jan 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 22 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 22Sunny
- 50Partly cloudy
- 129Cloudy
- 97Light rain
- 12Rain
Summary
- On average 3.0 °C during the day and -3.4 °C at night.
- On average 10.9 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 35.4 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 5.4 °C), coolest: 2017 (avg. -1.6 °C).
- Wettest year: 2019 (58.0 mm), driest: 2025 (18.8 mm).
- Extremes: 14.2 °C on 28 Jan 2025 and -14.7 °C on 11 Jan 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max0.9°Avg. min-5.5°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 77 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 6.2 °C · Min -10.9 °C
2025
Avg. max4.9°Avg. min-2.1°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 18.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.2 °C · Min -5.9 °C
2024
Avg. max3.7°Avg. min-3.4°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 47.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 11.8 °C · Min -11.6 °C
2023
Avg. max5.4°Avg. min-0.7°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 47.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 88 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 12.4 °C · Min -7.6 °C
2022
Avg. max4.1°Avg. min-2.2°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 24.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 11.7 °C · Min -7.5 °C
2021
Avg. max2.3°Avg. min-3.8°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 48.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 88 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 8.5 °C · Min -10.1 °C
2020
Avg. max4.1°Avg. min-2.5°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 19.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 11.9 °C · Min -6.3 °C
2019
Avg. max1.2°Avg. min-4.2°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 58.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 7.8 °C · Min -10.7 °C
2018
Avg. max5.1°Avg. min-0.8°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 43.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 86 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 12.5 °C · Min -5.3 °C
2017
Avg. max-1.6°Avg. min-8.7°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 19.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 3.4 °C · Min -14.7 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Vienna in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 3.0 °C, night-time lows -3.4 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 14.2 °C (28 Jan 2025), the lowest -14.7 °C (11 Jan 2017).
- How often does it rain in Vienna in January?
- On average there were 10.9 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 35.4 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)