Bensheim Weather in May
Bensheim in May
The short of it: Bensheim in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
May in Bensheim brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 10°, with about 66 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Bensheim runs about middling and drier than most in May. Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, 5 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Bensheim, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heppenheim an der BergstrasseHesse | 5 km SSE | 20° | 10° | 73 mm |
| PfungstadtHesse | 14 km N | 21° | 10° | 63 mm |
| LampertheimHesse | 14 km SW | 21° | 10° | 67 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 15 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 78 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 16 km S | 21° | 10° | 70 mm |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WSW | 21° | 10° | 64 mm |
| GriesheimHesse | 20 km N | 21° | 10° | 61 mm |
| DarmstadtHesse | 21 km N | 21° | 9° | 66 mm |