Braunschweig Weather in May
Braunschweig in May
The short of it: Braunschweig in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 41 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 19° · low 9° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 41 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Braunschweig an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 51 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 41 min in mid-May, 111 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Braunschweig runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Vechelde, 11 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Braunschweig, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VecheldeLower Saxony | 11 km W | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| WolfenbüttelLower Saxony | 11 km S | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |
| SalzgitterLower Saxony | 14 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 58 mm |
| Königslutter am ElmLower Saxony | 20 km E | 19° | 8° | 53 mm |
| PeineLower Saxony | 21 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 52 mm |
| GifhornLower Saxony | 24 km N | 19° | 8° | 51 mm |
| WolfsburgLower Saxony | 24 km NE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| HelmstedtLower Saxony | 33 km E | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |