Chemnitz Weather in May
Chemnitz in May
The short of it: Chemnitz in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 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 20° · low 8° · rain 63 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Chemnitz an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 63 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, 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, Chemnitz runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Limbach-Oberfrohna, 12 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chemnitz, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limbach-OberfrohnaSaxony | 12 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 64 mm |
| GlauchauSaxony | 27 km W | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| Annaberg-BuchholzSaxony | 29 km S | 17° | 6° | 66 mm |
| FreibergSaxony | 30 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 66 mm |
| AueSaxony | 31 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 64 mm |
| MeeraneSaxony | 33 km W | 19° | 8° | 64 mm |
| ZwickauSaxony | 33 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 69 mm |
| DöbelnSaxony | 34 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 61 mm |