Köthen Weather in May
Köthen in May
The short of it: Köthen in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 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 60 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Köthen an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 60 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Köthen runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Bernburg, 17 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Köthen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 35 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt | 17 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt | 21 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| CalbeSaxony-Anhalt | 22 km NW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| WolfenSaxony-Anhalt | 23 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 49 mm |
| RoßlauSaxony-Anhalt | 24 km NE | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| ZerbstSaxony-Anhalt | 25 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 57 mm |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt | 28 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 47 mm |
| StaßfurtSaxony-Anhalt | 29 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |