Datteln Weather in May
Datteln in May
The short of it: Datteln in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Datteln an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 min in mid-May, 108 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Datteln runs about middling and drier than most in May. Recklinghausen, 11 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Datteln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km W | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| BergkamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |