Bretten Weather in May
Bretten in May
The short of it: Bretten in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 78 mm · daylight 15 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Bretten an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 78 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 16 min in mid-May, 98 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Bretten runs about middling and about as wet in May. Bruchsal, 13 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bretten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 32 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BruchsalBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km NW | 21° | 9° | 79 mm |
| MühlackerBaden-Wurttemberg | 14 km SE | 20° | 9° | 77 mm |
| PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 17 km S | 20° | 8° | 84 mm |
| Vaihingen an der EnzBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 76 mm |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km W | 21° | 10° | 77 mm |
| EttlingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 24 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 86 mm |
| SinsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 27 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 80 mm |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg | 29 km N | 21° | 10° | 79 mm |