Linz
City in Austria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
PlacodeLinz: Kani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Linz is a city in Austria, in Upper Austria. About 204,846 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Austria in our atlas.
It lies at 48.31° N, 14.29° E, about 266 m (873 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Vienna time zone.
Location
Red dot: Linz. Green dots: other major cities of Austria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Linz has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (21°F). Around 880 mm (35 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in AustriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Salzburg · 108 km
- Vienna · 154 km
- Graz · 162 km
- Eisenzicken · 185 km
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee · 187 km
- Villach · 191 km
- Innsbruck · 243 km
- Dornbirn · 350 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2772400 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q32094429 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- PlacodeLinz: Kani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)