Mainz Weather in May
Mainz in May
The short of it: Mainz in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 23 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 21° · low 10° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Mainz an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 55 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 21°, with nights near 10°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 23 min in mid-May, 101 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, Mainz runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Biebrich, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Mainz, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiebrichHesse | 7 km NNW | 21° | 10° | 53 mm |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse | 10 km E | 21° | 10° | 56 mm |
| WiesbadenHesse | 12 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| DotzheimHesse | 12 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 55 mm |
| Hofheim am TaunusHesse | 17 km NE | 20° | 9° | 57 mm |
| TaunussteinHesse | 21 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| KelkheimHesse | 21 km NE | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Mörfelden-WalldorfHesse | 22 km E | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |