Gießen Weather in May
Gießen in May
The short of it: Gießen in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 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 20° · low 9° · rain 56 mm · daylight 15 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Gießen brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 3rd 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 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, Gießen runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Wetzlar, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gießen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WetzlarHesse | 12 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 56 mm |
| ButzbachHesse | 17 km S | 19° | 9° | 55 mm |
| Bad NauheimHesse | 25 km S | 19° | 9° | 53 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 26 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |
| FriedbergHesse | 28 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 52 mm |
| DillenburgHesse | 32 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| FriedrichsdorfHesse | 38 km S | 20° | 9° | 55 mm |
| Bad Homburg vor der HöheHesse | 40 km S | 20° | 9° | 57 mm |