Kassel Weather in May
Kassel in May
The short of it: Kassel in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 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 59 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Kassel brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 59 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 4th 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Kassel runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Vellmar, 5 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Kassel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VellmarHesse | 5 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| BaunatalHesse | 10 km SW | 18° | 8° | 62 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 15 km NE | 18° | 8° | 62 mm |
| HofgeismarHesse | 21 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 25 km E | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| WarburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km NW | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| HombergHesse | 33 km SSW | 19° | 7° | 64 mm |
| Bad WildungenHesse | 34 km SW | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |