Kiel Weather in May
Kiel in May
The short of it: Kiel in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 16 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 52 mm · daylight 16 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Kiel an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 52 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 17°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 0 min in mid-May, 121 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Kiel runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Kronshagen, 4 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kiel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KronshagenSchleswig-Holstein | 4 km WNW | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| ElmschenhagenSchleswig-Holstein | 5 km SE | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| AltenholzSchleswig-Holstein | 9 km N | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| PreetzSchleswig-Holstein | 13 km SE | 17° | 7° | 48 mm |
| EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein | 25 km NW | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| PlönSchleswig-Holstein | 26 km SE | 17° | 8° | 47 mm |
| TungendorfSchleswig-Holstein | 26 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 52 mm |
| Brachenfeld-RuthenbergSchleswig-Holstein | 29 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 52 mm |