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Average daily hours of sunshine
Hours Hours
10 10
8 8
Sunshine Chart
6 6 The largest number of
sunny days occurs in
4 4 July, but May, June
and August are also
2 2
sunny. The cloudiest
0 0 month is December.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

July Carinthischer Sommer
Summer Oper Klosterneuburg (July) Ossiach, Villach, in Carinthia.
Summer is the height of the Klosterneuburg, north of Carinthian summer festival.
tourist season. Theatres close Vienna. Throughout the Operettenfestival (July–August)
for the summer, but the most month, a programme of opera Bad Ischl, Salzkammergut.
important arts festivals, includ- performances is held in the Festival of operetta.
ing the Salzburg and Bregenz courtyard of the palatial Kaiserhof. Innsbrucker Festwochen der
Festivals, take place during this Jazzfestival (mid-July) Wiesen, Alten Musik (July–August) In
season. There are also numerous Burgenland. Jazz festival. and around Innsbruck. World-
popular entertainment events Salzburger Festspiele (July– renowned festival of early
and traditional village festivals. late August) Salzburg. Festival of music and Baroque opera.
music, opera and theatre; most
important event of the summer. August
Bregenzer Festspiele (end July– Jazzfestival Saalfelden.
late Aug) Bregenz. Performances Jazz concerts, performed
of theatre, opera and music on by several hundred artists.
the stage on Lake Constance. Piratenschlacht (early August)
Rathaus Film Festival (July– Oberndorf. Pirates fight it
August) Vienna. Opera and out on the Salzach River.
music films, shown on a big Chopin Festival (mid-August)
screen in front of the town hall. Gaming Abbey. Musicians
Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus perform in a series of concerts
Corpus Christi procession in Schloss Lockenhaus, in celebrating the work of Chopin.
Hallstatt, Salzkammergut Burgenland. Chamber music. Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Samsonumzug (late July) (15 August). Colourful proces sions
June Tamsweg, Salzburger Land. all over Austria. The most interest-
Corpus Christi Processions Samson’s procession; saints’ ing is the Schiffsprozession (ship
throughout Austria; the best statues are paraded in town. procession) on Wörthersee.
take place in Salzkammergut, Operettenfestival Baden (late Internationaler Johannes
Gmunden, Hallstatt and July–early September) Baden, Brahms Wettbewerb Velden
Traunkirchen. near Vienna. Festival of operetta. and Pörtschach on Wörthersee.
St Pauler Kultursommer Operettenfestspiele Mörbisch, An annual international Brahms
(June–mid-August) St Paul’s on Neusiedler See, Festival competition featuring string
Abbey, in Carinthia. Festival of operetta. and piano soloists.
of classical music.
Schubertiade (June, August,
September) Schwarzenberg,
in Vorarlberg. Festival of
Schubert’s music.
Styriarte (end June–end August)
Graz. Festival of early and
contemporary music.
Donauinselfest (late June)
Danube Island, Vienna. A
three-day pop music event.
Internationale Konzerttage
Stift Zwettl (late June–late July)
Zwettl, in Lower Austria. Festival
of organ music. Fire dance during the Salzburg Festival

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