Month by month
Vienna in August
Hot, slower and a little cheaper than July — a summer city holiday rather than a cultural one.
The figures
- Avg high
- 26.1°C
- Avg low
- 15.6°C
- Sunshine
- 266 h
- Rain
- 69 mm
Official climate normals 1991–2020, measured at the Hohe Warte station (19th district). Highs and lows are means of the daily maximum and minimum; snow is the monthly total of new snow. Source: GeoSphere Austria / City of Vienna — Wien-Hohe Warte 1991–2020 (CC-BY 4.0)
August is July with fewer Viennese. Many locals are away, some restaurants close for a holiday week or two, and business travel stops, which softens hotel rates at the upper end. Visitors still come in numbers, so the palaces and the old town stay busy.
The heat is the same — average highs around 26°C, and heatwaves are no longer rare. Plan around it: early mornings at Schönbrunn or the Belvedere, the midday hours in the cool of a museum, and the late afternoon on the water at the Alte Donau or the Danube Island. The Film Festival on Rathausplatz continues every evening.
The opera and the Musikverein are still dark, so for music look to the open-air programmes and the summer concerts aimed at visitors. The season restarts in September.
What to know
- 15 August (Assumption) is a public holiday; shops close.
- Some family-run restaurants and coffee houses take summer holidays — Café Sperl, for example, closes on Sundays in July and August.
- Buy concert tickets from the venue or an official agency, never from costumed street sellers.
What is on this month
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Questions about this month
What is the weather like in Vienna in August?
The average daily high is 26.1°C and the average low 15.6°C, with around 69 mm of precipitation and 266 hours of sunshine in the month. These are the official 1991–2020 climate normals, measured at the Hohe Warte station.
Is August a good time to visit Vienna?
Hot, slower and a little cheaper than July — a summer city holiday rather than a cultural one.
How busy is Vienna in August?
Busy by the standards of the Vienna year, and prices are moderate. The table on the weather page compares all twelve months side by side.
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