Hamburg Weather in May
Hamburg in May
The short of it: Hamburg in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Hamburg brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-May, 117 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Hamburg runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Hamburg-Mitte, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Hamburg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg-MitteHamburg | 2 km E | 19° | 8° | 53 mm |
| St. PauliHamburg | 2 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 54 mm |
| Altona-AltstadtHamburg | 3 km W | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| EimsbüttelHamburg | 4 km NW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Altona-NordHamburg | 4 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Hoheluft-OstHamburg | 4 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 53 mm |
| AltonaHamburg | 4 km W | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| EilbekHamburg | 4 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 53 mm |