Forbach Weather in May
Forbach in May
The short of it: Forbach in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 70 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Forbach an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 70 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 17 min in mid-May, 98 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Forbach runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Völklingen, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Forbach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VölklingenSaarland | 7 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 71 mm |
| Freyming-MerlebachGrand Est | 9 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 69 mm |
| SaarbrückenSaarland | 10 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 70 mm |
| PüttlingenSaarland | 11 km N | 20° | 9° | 71 mm |
| WadgassenSaarland | 12 km NW | 20° | 9° | 70 mm |
| RiegelsbergSaarland | 13 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 72 mm |
| SchwalbachSaarland | 14 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 72 mm |
| SarregueminesGrand Est | 15 km SE | 20° | 9° | 67 mm |