Cuxhaven Weather in May
Cuxhaven in May
The short of it: Cuxhaven in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 9° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
May in Cuxhaven brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 9°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 16°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Cuxhaven runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Brunsbüttel, 27 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Cuxhaven, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrunsbüttelSchleswig-Holstein | 27 km E | 17° | 7° | 57 mm |
| LangenLower Saxony | 30 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| BremerhavenBremen | 36 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 51 mm |
| SchiffdorfLower Saxony | 38 km S | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| NordenhamLower Saxony | 43 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 53 mm |
| LoxstedtLower Saxony | 44 km S | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| HeideSchleswig-Holstein | 45 km NE | 17° | 7° | 55 mm |
| DrochtersenLower Saxony | 48 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 56 mm |