Hildesheim Weather in May
Hildesheim in May
The short of it: Hildesheim in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 56 mm · daylight 15 h 41 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Hildesheim an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 56 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 41 min in mid-May, 111 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Hildesheim runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sarstedt, 11 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Hildesheim, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SarstedtLower Saxony | 11 km NW | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |
| SehndeLower Saxony | 18 km N | 19° | 8° | 53 mm |
| AlfeldLower Saxony | 21 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| LaatzenLower Saxony | 21 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |
| BemerodeLower Saxony | 24 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 54 mm |
| HemmingenLower Saxony | 24 km NW | 20° | 8° | 53 mm |
| LehrteLower Saxony | 25 km N | 20° | 8° | 53 mm |
| PeineLower Saxony | 27 km NE | 20° | 8° | 52 mm |