Lüneburg Weather in May
Lüneburg in May
The short of it: Lüneburg in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Lüneburg an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 52 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 50 min in mid-May, 116 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Lüneburg runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Winsen, 18 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lüneburg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinsenLower Saxony | 18 km NW | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| GeesthachtSchleswig-Holstein | 21 km N | 18° | 8° | 53 mm |
| BergedorfHamburg | 29 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| ReinbekSchleswig-Holstein | 32 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 54 mm |
| UelzenLower Saxony | 33 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 53 mm |
| SeevetalLower Saxony | 34 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 53 mm |
| HarburgHamburg | 37 km NW | 19° | 9° | 54 mm |
| Buchholz in der NordheideLower Saxony | 38 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 57 mm |