Vienna Weather in May
Vienna in May
The short of it: Vienna in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 69 mm · daylight 15 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Vienna an average May high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 69 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 11°. Wet spells are common — about 69 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 10 min in mid-May, 95 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Vienna runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Innere Stadt, 0 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Vienna, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 31 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innere StadtVienna | 0 km NW | 21° | 11° | 69 mm |
| LandstraßeVienna | 1 km ESE | 21° | 11° | 71 mm |
| NeubauVienna | 2 km WSW | 22° | 10° | 71 mm |
| JosefstadtVienna | 2 km WNW | 21° | 11° | 69 mm |
| MariahilfVienna | 2 km SW | 22° | 10° | 71 mm |
| AlsergrundVienna | 2 km NW | 21° | 11° | 69 mm |
| WähringVienna | 3 km NW | 21° | 11° | 69 mm |
| MargaretenVienna | 3 km SSW | 22° | 10° | 71 mm |