Lichtenfels Weather in May
Lichtenfels in May
The short of it: Lichtenfels in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 24 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 56 mm · daylight 15 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Lichtenfels brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 20°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 24 min in mid-May, 102 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, Lichtenfels runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bad Staffelstein, 6 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lichtenfels, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad StaffelsteinBavaria | 6 km SW | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| CoburgBavaria | 14 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| RödentalBavaria | 17 km N | 19° | 8° | 62 mm |
| Neustadt bei CoburgBavaria | 21 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| KronachBavaria | 22 km ENE | 19° | 7° | 58 mm |
| MemmelsdorfBavaria | 25 km SSW | 19° | 7° | 56 mm |
| SonnebergThuringia | 25 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 64 mm |
| KulmbachBavaria | 28 km E | 20° | 7° | 54 mm |