Bottrop Weather in May
Bottrop in May
The short of it: Bottrop in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Bottrop an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 62 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Bottrop runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Gladbeck, 7 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bottrop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km NE | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km SW | 21° | 10° | 62 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 20° | 10° | 65 mm |
| MülheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km E | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SW | 21° | 10° | 62 mm |
| DorstenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km N | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |