Dirt Cheap Vienna

The first month of the year in Vienna is the coldest. Temperatures around freezing all day, and there are only about two hours of sunlight. You can expect plenty of snow. This is a great time to make a day-trip to Vienna if you’re already in the Austrian Alps for skiing, as you won’t find the enormous crowds of tourists that you’re likely to find any other month of the year.

The dark, cold days and the frigidity of the air right off the water makes bundling up essential for a Vienna January. Bring long thermal underwear and layer heavily with sweaters, a big jacket, heavy gloves, a scarf, earmuffs and boots. Aside from snow, Vienna in January gets a good deal of frost and rain, so be sure your shoes have good traction and bring an umbrella.

The average high temperature in a Vienna January is º36 (F)/º2 (C). The average lows are º27/º-2, with an overall average temperature of º32/º0. Every January in Vienna there’s an average of 13 days with snow.

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