Aalen Weather in May
Aalen in May
The short of it: Aalen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 76 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Aalen an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 76 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-May, 97 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Aalen runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ellwangen, 14 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Aalen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EllwangenBaden-Wurttemberg | 14 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 72 mm |
| Heidenheim an der BrenzBaden-Wurttemberg | 18 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| Schwäbisch GmündBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km W | 20° | 8° | 81 mm |
| Giengen an der BrenzBaden-Wurttemberg | 26 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 85 mm |
| NördlingenBavaria | 29 km E | 20° | 8° | 75 mm |
| Geislingen an der SteigeBaden-Wurttemberg | 31 km SW | 18° | 7° | 91 mm |
| EislingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 32 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 82 mm |
| CrailsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 33 km N | 19° | 8° | 73 mm |