Görlitz Weather in May
Görlitz in May
The short of it: Görlitz in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 67 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Görlitz an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 67 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 67 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 min in mid-May, 106 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Görlitz runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Zgorzelec, 2 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Görlitz, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 32 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZgorzelecLower Silesia | 2 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 68 mm |
| NieskySaxony | 19 km NW | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |
| LubańLower Silesia | 21 km E | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| LöbauSaxony | 23 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 71 mm |
| BogatyniaLower Silesia | 28 km S | 19° | 8° | 79 mm |
| ZittauSaxony | 31 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 86 mm |
| EbersbachSaxony | 33 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 72 mm |
| Hrádek nad NisouLiberec Region | 35 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 84 mm |