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Best time to visit Linz
Austria · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Linz
Tap a month for its page
- JanJLinz in January: avoid
- FebFLinz in February: ok
- MarMLinz in March: ok
- AprALinz in April: sweet spot
- MayMLinz in May: sweet spot
- JunJLinz in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJLinz in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugALinz in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSLinz in September: sweet spot
- OctOLinz in October: good
- NovNLinz in November: ok
- DecDLinz in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Linz
- New Cathedral The construction of the neo-Gothic cathedral was already initiated in 1855 by F.J.…
- Linz Castle The Linz Castle is first documented in 799.
- Old Cathedral Designed according to drawings by Pietro Francesco Carlone…
- Brucknerhaus Designed by the architect-duo Heikki and Kaija Siren…
- Lentos Museum of Art Houses a large collection focusing on modern art…
- Ars Electronica Center This cutting-edge museum serves as a venue for art which explores the creative potential…
- Skulpturenpark Artpark A 5,000-m² sculpture garden, with works by more than 20 artists.
Tours and tickets in Linz
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Linz), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4° | 8d | 82% | 4.3h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
| Feb | 7° | 7d | 77% | 6.2h | ok | 7C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 11° | 7d | 71% | 8.0h | ok | 11C max, 7 rainy days |
| Apr | 16° | 7d | 66% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 16C max, 7 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 11d | 69% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 20C max, 11 rainy days |
| Jun | 26° | 7d | 65% | 12.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 27° | 7d | 64% | 12.1h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 27° | 8d | 68% | 11.0h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 21° | 8d | 74% | 9.1h | sweet spot | 21C max, 8 rainy days |
| Oct | 16° | 8d | 81% | 7.0h | good | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Nov | 8° | 7d | 86% | 4.8h | ok | 8C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 5° | 9d | 86% | 3.8h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the centre, 11 km from the airport (LNZ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Linz's June days now average 25.9°C, 5.0°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 2.2° | 3.8° | 9.2° | 13.9° | 18.9° | 20.8° | 23.5° | 23.0° | 19.4° | 14.7° | 7.1° | 3.6° |
| 2017–26 | 3.5° | 7.2° | 11.5° | 15.8° | 19.8° | 25.9° | 26.6° | 26.7° | 21.2° | 15.9° | 8.4° | 4.8° |
| Change | +1.3° | +3.4° | +2.3° | +1.9° | +0.8° | +5.0° | +3.2° | +3.7° | +1.9° | +1.2° | +1.4° | +1.2° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Vienna (VIE), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Vienna.
| Vienna (VIE) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Salzburg (SZG) | the drive is not measured yet |
| Linz (LNZ) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Linz is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Zurich
- from Frankfurt
- from Warsaw
- from Rome
- from Brussels
- from Amsterdam
- from Copenhagen
- from Paris
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Linz, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Austria: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Debit and credit cards work in most shops in Vienna, even for small sums, but Austria is cash-minded and some shops and cafés still take cash only.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 5 to 10% in restaurants and cafés, added as you pay, in cash or on the card; check the bill first. Taxi drivers are usually tipped too, though it is not required.
Getting around Linz
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Linz has very good public transport. A map of the tram and bus lines as well as an online time table are available on the website of the network operator Linz AG. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Linz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 133 · ambulance 144 · fire 122.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (21)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/austria/getting-help
- wien.info/en/travel-info/tourist-info/money-needs-352200
- wien.info/en/travel-info/arrival-departure/airport-to-center/taxi-360908
- wienerlinien.at/tickets
- wienerlinien.at/tapandride
- presse.wien.gv.at/presse/2026/05/25/ein-tap-und-los-wiener-linien-starten-mit-tap-ride-neue-besonders-einfache-ticketloesung
- uber.com/global/en/cities/vienna
- bolt.eu/en/cities/vienna
- free-now.com/at-en/ride
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Austria
- sinch.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
- linkmobility.com/blog/the-most-popular-messaging-apps-across-the-globe
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
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Linz in pictures
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Liberaler Humanist, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Walter Isack(Isiwal), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Linz is like
Linz is the third largest city in Austria. It sits on the banks of the Danube (Donau) river. It is the capital of the federal province of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) and forms the heart of Austria's second strongest economic region. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- When strolling through the heart of the city, one can literally sense its history. The lanes of the old town, which lies directly at the foot of the castle, communicate the feeling of past ages. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Football: LASK - Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub - play soccer in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top tier. Their home ground is Raiffeisen Arena (capacity 19,000) two km south of city centre. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Linz has its own international airport, the Blue Danube Airport in Horsching just outside the city of Linz, but it sees very little international traffic. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Linz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Linz
Also in Austria
- Graz best Apr, May, Jul
- Hallstatt best May, Jun, Oct
- Innsbruck best May, Jun, Sep
- Salzburg best Apr, May, Jun
- St. Anton best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Vienna best Mar, May, Jul
Nearby
Kind of place
Linz is in Austria, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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