Gedser Weather in May
Gedser in May
The short of it: Gedser in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 16 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 9° · rain 43 mm · daylight 16 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Gedser an average May high of 15°, a low of 9° and some 43 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 15°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 2 min in mid-May, 123 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Gedser runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Alholm, 17 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gedser, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Jan–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlholmZealand | 17 km NW | 16° | 9° | 44 mm |
| Nykøbing FalsterZealand | 22 km N | 16° | 9° | 45 mm |
| SundbyZealand | 22 km NNW | 16° | 9° | 45 mm |
| SakskøbingZealand | 32 km NW | 16° | 9° | 45 mm |
| MariboZealand | 35 km NW | 16° | 9° | 47 mm |
| Seeheilbad Graal-MüritzMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 42 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 46 mm |
| WarnemündeMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 46 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 46 mm |
| Elmenhorst/LichtenhagenMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 47 km S | 17° | 9° | 45 mm |