Mannheim Weather in May
Mannheim in May
The short of it: Mannheim in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 72 mm · daylight 15 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & September
Thirty years of records give Mannheim an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 72 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 21°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 20 min in mid-May, 99 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and September.
Against its neighbours, Mannheim runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 2 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Mannheim, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 34 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz | 2 km WSW | 21° | 10° | 70 mm |
| FrankenthalRheinland-Pfalz | 10 km WNW | 21° | 10° | 66 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 10 km NE | 21° | 10° | 70 mm |
| LampertheimHesse | 12 km N | 21° | 10° | 67 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 78 mm |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz | 18 km NNW | 21° | 10° | 64 mm |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg | 19 km ESE | 21° | 10° | 79 mm |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km S | 21° | 10° | 74 mm |