Idar-Oberstein Weather in May
Idar-Oberstein in May
The short of it: Idar-Oberstein in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Idar-Oberstein an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 66 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 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; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Idar-Oberstein runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sankt Wendel, 29 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Idar-Oberstein, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sankt WendelSaarland | 29 km SSW | 19° | 7° | 71 mm |
| WadernSaarland | 36 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| BexbachSaarland | 41 km S | 20° | 8° | 70 mm |
| NeunkirchenSaarland | 42 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 71 mm |
| IllingenSaarland | 42 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 72 mm |
| WittlichRheinland-Pfalz | 42 km NW | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz | 43 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 46 mm |
| EppelbornSaarland | 43 km SW | 19° | 8° | 73 mm |