Leipzig Weather in May
Leipzig in May
The short of it: Leipzig in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 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 9° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Leipzig an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 46 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, Leipzig runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Gohlis, 3 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Leipzig, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GohlisSaxony | 3 km N | 20° | 9° | 46 mm |
| MarkkleebergSaxony | 7 km S | 20° | 9° | 48 mm |
| TauchaSaxony | 9 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 50 mm |
| MarkranstädtSaxony | 11 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 44 mm |
| SchkeuditzSaxony | 12 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 42 mm |
| DelitzschSaxony | 21 km N | 19° | 9° | 46 mm |
| EilenburgSaxony | 23 km NE | 20° | 9° | 52 mm |
| BornaSaxony | 25 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 54 mm |