Gummersbach Weather in May
Gummersbach in May
The short of it: Gummersbach in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 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 8° · rain 73 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Gummersbach an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 73 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 73 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Gummersbach runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lüdenscheid, 22 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Gummersbach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km NNE | 17° | 8° | 74 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km W | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |
| RemscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 74 mm |
| SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| SolingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 37 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 74 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 38 km N | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| TroisdorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 38 km SW | 20° | 9° | 65 mm |
| Sankt AugustinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 38 km SW | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |