Oberalm Weather in May
Oberalm in May
The short of it: Oberalm in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 150 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 150 mm · daylight 15 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Oberalm an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 150 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 10°. Wet spells are common — about 150 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 7 min in mid-May, 93 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Oberalm runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Hallein, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Oberalm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 69 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HalleinSalzburg | 2 km S | 21° | 10° | 150 mm |
| BerchtesgadenBavaria | 11 km SW | 19° | 9° | 151 mm |
| BischofswiesenBavaria | 12 km SW | 19° | 9° | 154 mm |
| SalzburgSalzburg | 12 km NNW | 21° | 10° | 143 mm |
| Bad ReichenhallBavaria | 17 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 167 mm |
| AinringBavaria | 17 km NW | 20° | 10° | 156 mm |
| FreilassingBavaria | 18 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 143 mm |
| TeisendorfBavaria | 27 km NW | 20° | 9° | 151 mm |