Magdeburg Weather in May
Magdeburg in May
The short of it: Magdeburg in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
May in Magdeburg brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-May, 111 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Magdeburg runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Neue Neustadt, 2 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Magdeburg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neue NeustadtSaxony-Anhalt | 2 km N | 20° | 8° | 53 mm |
| WolmirstedtSaxony-Anhalt | 13 km N | 20° | 8° | 52 mm |
| SchönebeckSaxony-Anhalt | 14 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 54 mm |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt | 22 km NE | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Haldensleben ISaxony-Anhalt | 23 km NW | 20° | 8° | 52 mm |
| CalbeSaxony-Anhalt | 27 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| OscherslebenSaxony-Anhalt | 30 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| StaßfurtSaxony-Anhalt | 31 km S | 19° | 8° | 54 mm |