Fulda Weather in May
Fulda in May
The short of it: Fulda in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 28 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 19° · low 8° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Fulda an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 28 min in mid-May, 104 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Fulda runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Petersberg, 3 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Fulda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PetersbergHesse | 3 km ENE | 19° | 7° | 62 mm |
| HünfeldHesse | 16 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 61 mm |
| SchlüchternHesse | 25 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| Bad HersfeldHesse | 36 km N | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| Bad KissingenBavaria | 48 km SE | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Bad SalzungenThuringia | 49 km NE | 19° | 7° | 59 mm |
| BüdingenHesse | 49 km SW | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| NiddaHesse | 50 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 61 mm |