Dorsten Weather in May
Dorsten in May
The short of it: Dorsten in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °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 May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
May in Dorsten brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Dorsten runs about middling and drier than most in May. Marl, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Dorsten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km S | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km SSW | 21° | 10° | 62 mm |