Cottbus Weather in May
Cottbus in May
The short of it: Cottbus in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 9° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
May in Cottbus brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 9°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Cottbus runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Forst, 22 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Cottbus, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ForstBrandenburg | 22 km E | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| LubnjowBrandenburg | 28 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 48 mm |
| GubenBrandenburg | 34 km NE | 20° | 9° | 50 mm |
| SenftenbergBrandenburg | 34 km SW | 20° | 9° | 50 mm |
| GubinLubusz | 35 km NE | 20° | 9° | 50 mm |
| WeißwasserSaxony | 35 km SE | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| HoyerswerdaSaxony | 36 km S | 20° | 9° | 53 mm |
| LubinBrandenburg | 36 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 50 mm |