Kitzbühel climate — normals and trends
Kitzbühel (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 1,762 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kitzbühel averages 173 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 200 rainy days per year.
Kitzbühel has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 204 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 11 July 1984) and the coldest -29.6 °C (on 7 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KitzbühelTyrol
- coords
- 47.45°, 12.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,762mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
7.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
173 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
200 d/yr
Annual snowfall
385.0 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.2 °C
11 July 1984
Coldest day
-29.6 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
98 mm
6 August 1985
Windiest day
22.9 km/h
29 October 2017
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
44.4 cm
23 October 2014
Sunniest day
15.3 h
15 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 70 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -63 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 151 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 71 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 207 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 129 mm | -94 mm |
| Jul | 18.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 344 mm | +118 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 172 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 151 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 104 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 110 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 32 mm | -76 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kitzbühel?
Kitzbühel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 1,762 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kitzbühel?
The hottest day measured in Kitzbühel between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1984, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kitzbühel?
The coldest day measured in Kitzbühel between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -29.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kitzbühel?
Yes. Kitzbühel gets on average 385.0 cm of snow per year and has around 173 frost days.
Has the climate of Kitzbühel warmed?
Yes: Kitzbühel warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kitzbühel?
The wettest day measured in Kitzbühel between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1985, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kitzbühel?
The windiest day measured in Kitzbühel between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2017, with winds reaching 22.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kitzbühel?
The warmest month in Kitzbühel is July (14.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kitzbühel?
Kitzbühel receives on average 1,762 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 200 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kitzbühel?
Kitzbühel gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kitzbühel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kitzbühel between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2014, with 44.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kitzbühel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kitzbühel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kitzbühel?
In Kitzbühel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 28 July 2013, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 7 January 1985.
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