Apolda Weather in May
Apolda in May
The short of it: Apolda in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 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 8° · rain 60 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Apolda an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 60 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 3rd 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, 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, Apolda runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Wenigenjena, 12 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Apolda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 26 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WenigenjenaThuringia | 12 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| JenaThuringia | 12 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| WeimarThuringia | 14 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| LobedaThuringia | 16 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 64 mm |
| NaumburgSaxony-Anhalt | 25 km NE | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| SömmerdaThuringia | 32 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 57 mm |
| ErfurtThuringia | 34 km W | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| RudolstadtThuringia | 36 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |