Munich Weather in May
Munich in May
The short of it: Munich in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 110 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 110 mm · daylight 15 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Munich brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 110 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 110 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 10 min in mid-May, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Munich runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bogenhausen, 3 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Munich, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 55 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BogenhausenBavaria | 3 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 109 mm |
| UnterhachingBavaria | 8 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 115 mm |
| PasingBavaria | 9 km W | 19° | 8° | 116 mm |
| TaufkirchenBavaria | 10 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 115 mm |
| Ottobrunn bei MünchenBavaria | 10 km SE | 19° | 9° | 115 mm |
| HaarBavaria | 12 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 111 mm |
| KarlsfeldBavaria | 12 km NW | 19° | 8° | 109 mm |
| IsmaningBavaria | 13 km NE | 19° | 9° | 103 mm |