Dessau Weather in May
Dessau in May
The short of it: Dessau in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 56 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Dessau brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 109 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Dessau runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Zerbst, 18 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Dessau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZerbstSaxony-Anhalt | 18 km NW | 20° | 8° | 57 mm |
| WolfenSaxony-Anhalt | 20 km S | 20° | 9° | 49 mm |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt | 21 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt | 25 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 47 mm |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt | 28 km E | 20° | 8° | 51 mm |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt | 35 km W | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| DelitzschSaxony | 35 km S | 19° | 9° | 46 mm |
| SchönebeckSaxony-Anhalt | 40 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 54 mm |