Goslar Weather in May
Goslar in May
The short of it: Goslar in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 71 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Goslar an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 71 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 71 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 110 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Goslar runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Bad Harzburg, 9 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Goslar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad HarzburgLower Saxony | 9 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 63 mm |
| SeesenLower Saxony | 17 km W | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |
| WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt | 25 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| SalzgitterLower Saxony | 28 km N | 19° | 8° | 58 mm |
| WolfenbüttelLower Saxony | 30 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |
| NortheimLower Saxony | 37 km SW | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 39 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| VecheldeLower Saxony | 40 km N | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |