Grafenau Weather in May
Grafenau in May
The short of it: Grafenau in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 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 18° · low 7° · rain 88 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Grafenau an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 88 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 18°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-May, 97 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, Grafenau runs about middling and about as wet in May. Freyung, 12 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Grafenau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 37 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreyungBavaria | 12 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 94 mm |
| WaldkirchenBavaria | 20 km SE | 19° | 7° | 93 mm |
| ZwieselBavaria | 21 km NNW | 18° | 6° | 83 mm |
| RegenBavaria | 23 km WNW | 18° | 6° | 84 mm |
| HengersbergBavaria | 27 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 85 mm |
| SalzwegBavaria | 28 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 93 mm |
| HauzenbergBavaria | 29 km SE | 19° | 8° | 96 mm |
| VilshofenBavaria | 30 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 86 mm |