Brussels Weather in May
Brussels in May
The short of it: Brussels in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 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 20° · low 10° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Brussels an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, 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, Brussels runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Ixelles, 2 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Brussels, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IxellesBrussels Capital | 2 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital | 3 km W | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Saint-GillesBrussels Capital | 3 km S | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| JetteBrussels Capital | 3 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| AnderlechtBrussels Capital | 3 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| SchaerbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km NE | 19° | 9° | 61 mm |
| EtterbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km SE | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| ForestBrussels Capital | 4 km SSW | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |