Jena Weather in May
Jena in May
The short of it: Jena in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 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 20° · low 8° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Jena an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 105 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Jena runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Wenigenjena, 1 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Jena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WenigenjenaThuringia | 1 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| LobedaThuringia | 4 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 64 mm |
| ApoldaThuringia | 12 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| WeimarThuringia | 19 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| PößneckThuringia | 26 km S | 19° | 8° | 63 mm |
| NaumburgSaxony-Anhalt | 29 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| RudolstadtThuringia | 29 km SW | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| LusanThuringia | 35 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |