Göttingen Weather in May
Göttingen in May
The short of it: Göttingen in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 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 54 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Göttingen an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 54 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 6th 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 layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Göttingen runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Northeim, 20 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Göttingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NortheimLower Saxony | 20 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 22 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| Heilbad HeiligenstadtThuringia | 22 km SE | 18° | 7° | 63 mm |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony | 23 km E | 19° | 7° | 59 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 24 km SW | 18° | 8° | 62 mm |
| UslarLower Saxony | 25 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 32 km N | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| VellmarHesse | 37 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |