Gelsenkirchen Weather in May
Gelsenkirchen in May
The short of it: Gelsenkirchen in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Gelsenkirchen an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 62 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Gelsenkirchen runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Wattenscheid, 4 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gelsenkirchen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km SE | 20° | 9° | 63 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km SW | 20° | 10° | 65 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km W | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |