Forchheim Weather in May
Forchheim in May
The short of it: Forchheim in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 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 20° · low 8° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Forchheim an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 58 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Forchheim runs about middling and drier than most in May. Hirschaid, 12 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Forchheim, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HirschaidBavaria | 12 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 56 mm |
| ErlangenBavaria | 15 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Höchstadt an der AischBavaria | 18 km W | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| HerzogenaurachBavaria | 21 km SW | 20° | 7° | 63 mm |
| BambergBavaria | 23 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 57 mm |
| FürthBavaria | 27 km S | 21° | 8° | 65 mm |
| Lauf an der PegnitzBavaria | 28 km SE | 20° | 8° | 71 mm |
| Röthenbach an der PegnitzBavaria | 29 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 69 mm |