Bayreuth Weather in May
Bayreuth in May
The short of it: Bayreuth in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Bayreuth an average May high of 20°, a low of 7° and some 55 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 20°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 23 min in mid-May, 101 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and May.
Against its neighbours, Bayreuth runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kulmbach, 19 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bayreuth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KulmbachBavaria | 19 km NNW | 20° | 7° | 54 mm |
| PegnitzBavaria | 22 km S | 18° | 7° | 65 mm |
| MünchbergBavaria | 31 km NNE | 18° | 6° | 62 mm |
| WunsiedelBavaria | 32 km ENE | 17° | 6° | 60 mm |
| HelmbrechtsBavaria | 33 km NNE | 17° | 6° | 63 mm |
| MarktredwitzBavaria | 37 km E | 18° | 6° | 57 mm |
| KronachBavaria | 37 km NNW | 19° | 7° | 58 mm |
| Schwarzenbach an der SaaleBavaria | 40 km NE | 18° | 6° | 58 mm |