Diest Weather in May
Diest in May
The short of it: Diest in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 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 55 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
May in Diest brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 10°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 106 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Diest runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Beringen, 14 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Diest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeringenFlanders | 14 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| HasseltFlanders | 21 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| Sint-TruidenFlanders | 21 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Heist-op-den-BergFlanders | 24 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| LeuvenFlanders | 27 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| GenkFlanders | 32 km E | 19° | 8° | 58 mm |
| TurnhoutFlanders | 38 km N | 20° | 9° | 56 mm |
| MechelenFlanders | 40 km W | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |