Freiburg Weather in May
Freiburg in May
The short of it: Freiburg in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 106 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 106 mm · daylight 15 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Freiburg an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 106 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 10°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 106 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 9 min in mid-May, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Freiburg runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Waldkirch, 14 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Freiburg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 43 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaldkirchBaden-Wurttemberg | 14 km NE | 19° | 9° | 107 mm |
| EmmendingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 14 km N | 21° | 10° | 98 mm |
| ColmarGrand Est | 38 km WNW | 21° | 10° | 61 mm |
| LahrBaden-Wurttemberg | 38 km N | 21° | 10° | 93 mm |
| SchopfheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 38 km S | 19° | 8° | 112 mm |
| SélestatGrand Est | 42 km NW | 21° | 10° | 70 mm |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg | 45 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| SchrambergBaden-Wurttemberg | 47 km ENE | 18° | 7° | 99 mm |