Mountain

Rußberg

Located in Mauerbach, Politischer Bezirk Sankt Pölten Coordinates: 48°15′27″ N 16°11′25″ E

Location in Austria

Elevation: 450 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Steinbach; 1.2 km S
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: VIE Vienna International Airport33 km; BTS M. R. Štefánik Airport77 km

About Rußberg

Rußberg is a mountain. Location: Mauerbach, Politischer Bezirk Sankt Pölten. Elevation: 450 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Vienna International Airport (33 km). Nearby sights include Passauer Wald and Heuberg.

Photos of Rußberg

Sonnberg Funke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Scheiblingstein Funke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rudolfshöhe Thomas Ledl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Heuberg Funke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hermannskogel Funke · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Rußberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 47 mm

Hottest month: July (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night -4°)
Wettest month: July (74 mm)
Driest month: January (31 mm)

1° -4°

3° -3°

8° 0°

13° 4°

18° 8°

21° 11°

23° 13°

18° 9°

12° 5°

6° 0°

2° -3°

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Dec

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 Rußberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	1°	3°	8°	13°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	12°	6°	2°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-3°	0°	4°	8°	11°	13°	13°	9°	5°	0°	-3°
Precipitation (mm)	31	34	40	47	63	73	74	62	51	39	47	37

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Rußberg

The nearest airport is Vienna International Airport (VIE), 33 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bratislava, 69 km to the east.

Airports

Vienna International Airport (VIE) Vienna 33 kmsoutheast
M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS) Bratislava 77 kmeast
Brno-Tuřany Airport (BRQ) Brno 106 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

Bratislava Population: 423.7K 69 kmeast
Brno Population: 404.3K 109 kmnorth
Győr Population: 129.3K 125 kmsoutheast
Linz Population: 204.8K 141 kmwest
Graz Population: 303.3K 144 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Rußberg

Within 100 km: 546 historic and cultural sites, 1,754 natural sites, 537 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km707 places

Donauinsel Island 23 kmE
Waldsee Lake 17 kmNW
Vienna Forest Lake Lake 10 kmSW
Steinsee Lake 15 kmSE

25–60 km1,075 places

Neufelder See Lake 46 kmS
Waldbad Lake 34 kmN
Schneidergrabensee Lake 31 kmSE
Neuhofsee Lake 31 kmSE

60–100 km1,055 places

Gassner Camel Riding School Natural site 68 kmW
Devínska Kobyla Mountain 60 kmE
Záruby Mountain 94 kmE
Klokoč Mountain 87 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Steinbach Village, Mauerbach
1.2 km S
Mauerbach Village, Mauerbach
2.2 km SW
Gablitz Village, Gablitz
4.2 km SW
Kirchbach Village, Sankt Andrä-Wördern
3.2 km N
Gablitz Municipality, Politischer Bezirk Sankt Pölten
5.1 km SW
Tulbingerkogel Village, Tulbing
3.3 km NW

Rußberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Passauer Wald Natural site, Lower Austria
0.4 km SE
Heuberg Mountain, Mauerbach
1.1 km NW
Mauereck Mountain, Mauerbach
1 km SW
Schutzengelberg Mountain, Gemeindebezirk Penzing
2.1 km SE
Goldbrunn Natural site, Lower Austria
1.1 km NW
Pitzelsdorfer Wald Natural site, Lower Austria
1.1 km NW
Scheiblingstein Mountain, Klosterneuburg
2.2 km NE
Sonnenwald Natural site, Lower Austria
2.7 km W

Rußberg

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 5, 2026