Erlangen Weather in May
Erlangen in May
The short of it: Erlangen in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 64 mm · daylight 15 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Erlangen an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 20 min in mid-May, 100 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and May.
Against its neighbours, Erlangen runs about middling and drier than most in May. Herzogenaurach, 9 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Erlangen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HerzogenaurachBavaria | 9 km WSW | 20° | 7° | 63 mm |
| FürthBavaria | 13 km S | 21° | 8° | 65 mm |
| ForchheimBavaria | 15 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 58 mm |
| NurembergBavaria | 16 km SSE | 21° | 8° | 66 mm |
| ZirndorfBavaria | 17 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |
| CadolzburgBavaria | 19 km SW | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |
| LangenzennBavaria | 19 km SW | 20° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Höchstadt an der AischBavaria | 19 km NW | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |