Colmar Weather in May
Colmar in May
The short of it: Colmar in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & September
Thirty years of records give Colmar an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 10°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 10 min in mid-May, 94 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Colmar runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Breisach am Rhein, 18 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Colmar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 28 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breisach am RheinBaden-Wurttemberg | 18 km ESE | 22° | 10° | 83 mm |
| SélestatGrand Est | 21 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 70 mm |
| GuebwillerGrand Est | 22 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| WittenheimGrand Est | 30 km S | 21° | 9° | 71 mm |
| UnterkrozingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 31 km SE | 21° | 10° | 92 mm |
| KingersheimGrand Est | 32 km S | 21° | 9° | 72 mm |
| IllzachGrand Est | 34 km S | 21° | 9° | 73 mm |
| MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 37 km SE | 20° | 9° | 92 mm |