Elmshorn Weather in May
Elmshorn in May
The short of it: Elmshorn in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
May in Elmshorn brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 7°, with about 57 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 55 min in mid-May, 118 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 September and May.
Against its neighbours, Elmshorn runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Pinneberg, 13 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Elmshorn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PinnebergSchleswig-Holstein | 13 km SE | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| WedelSchleswig-Holstein | 19 km S | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| SchnelsenHamburg | 21 km SE | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |
| Hansestadt StadeLower Saxony | 21 km SW | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein | 21 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| NorderstedtSchleswig-Holstein | 22 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 53 mm |
| LurupHamburg | 22 km SE | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| EidelstedtHamburg | 23 km SE | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |