Essen Weather in May
Essen in May
The short of it: Essen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 45 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 19° · low 8° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Essen an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 45 min in mid-May, 113 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, Essen runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Cloppenburg, 16 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Essen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th 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–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloppenburgLower Saxony | 16 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| LohneLower Saxony | 21 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| VechtaLower Saxony | 24 km E | 19° | 8° | 50 mm |
| BramscheLower Saxony | 35 km S | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| WallenhorstLower Saxony | 42 km S | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |
| MeppenLower Saxony | 44 km W | 19° | 8° | 51 mm |
| LingenLower Saxony | 47 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| HarenLower Saxony | 47 km W | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |