Hattingen Weather in May
Hattingen in May
The short of it: Hattingen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Hattingen an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 66 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 34 min in mid-May, 107 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Hattingen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Bochum, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Hattingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 63 mm |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SW | 19° | 9° | 69 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 65 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km N | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 19° | 9° | 73 mm |