Mountain

Wachberg

Located in Melk, Politischer Bezirk Melk Coordinates: 48°13′19″ N 15°21′13″ E

Location in Austria

Elevation: 259 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Melk; 1.7 km W
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: LNZ Linz-Hörsching Airport87 km; VIE Vienna International Airport91 km

About Wachberg

Wachberg is a mountain. Location: Melk, Politischer Bezirk Melk. Elevation: 259 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Linz-Hörsching Airport (87 km). Nearby sights include Melk Concentration Camp and Pielach.

Climate of Wachberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 48 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -4°)
Wettest month: July (93 mm)
Driest month: January (30 mm)

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5° -3°

9° 0°

14° 4°

20° 8°

22° 12°

24° 13°

20° 9°

14° 5°

7° 1°

4° -3°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Wachberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	5°	9°	14°	20°	22°	24°	24°	20°	14°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-3°	0°	4°	8°	12°	13°	13°	9°	5°	1°	-3°
Precipitation (mm)	30	32	42	52	72	89	93	80	56	40	48	38

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Wachberg

The nearest airport is Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), 87 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Linz, 80 km to the west.

Airports

Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ) Linz 87 kmwest
Vienna International Airport (VIE) Vienna 91 kmeast
České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL) České Budějovice 106 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Linz Population: 204.8K 80 kmwest
Graz Population: 303.3K 129 kmsouth
Brno Population: 404.3K 142 kmnortheast
Salzburg Population: 157.2K 179 kmwest
Győr Population: 129.3K 181 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Wachberg

Within 100 km: 540 historic and cultural sites, 2,234 natural sites, 566 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km67 places

Gassner Camel Riding School Natural site 7 kmNW
Weitenberg Mountain 24 kmNE
Wachtberg Mountain 14 kmW
Sulz Berg Mountain 20 kmW

25–60 km600 places

Waldsee Lake 53 kmE
Vienna Forest Lake Lake 57 kmE
Obersee Lake 52 kmSW
Mittersee Lake 48 kmSW

60–100 km2,673 places

Gusen I Concentration Camp Historic site 66 kmW
Donauinsel Island 84 kmE
Treffnersee Lake 97 kmSW
Steinsee Lake 73 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Melk Village, Melk
1.7 km W
Spielberg Village, Melk
1.3 km N
Pielachberg Village, Melk
1.5 km NE
Pielach Village, Melk
1.5 km NE
Schrattenbruck Village, Melk
1.4 km S
Pöverding Village, Melk
2.2 km SW

Wachberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Melk Concentration Camp Historic site, Melk
0.6 km NW
Pielach River, Lower Austria
2.1 km N
Melk Abbey Attraction, Melk
1.8 km NW
Melk River, Lower Austria
3.6 km W
Hiesberg Mountain, Sankt Leonhard am Forst
7.3 km SW
Weiten Bach River, Lower Austria
5.6 km W
Gassner Camel Riding School Natural site, Lower Austria
7.5 km NW
Hohenwartberg Mountain, Schönbühel-Aggsbach
8.3 km NE

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Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 5, 2026