Bad Honnef Weather in May
Bad Honnef in May
The short of it: Bad Honnef in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Bad Honnef an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 28 min in mid-May, 104 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Bad Honnef runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Königswinter, 5 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bad Honnef, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KönigswinterNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Sankt AugustinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km N | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| Hennef (Sieg)North Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 66 mm |
| SiegburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km N | 20° | 9° | 66 mm |
| TroisdorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 65 mm |
| BornheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km NW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz | 29 km SE | 21° | 9° | 58 mm |