Nuremberg Weather in May
Nuremberg in May
The short of it: Nuremberg in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 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 8° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Nuremberg an average May high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 66 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 19 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Nuremberg runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Stein, 6 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Nuremberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SteinBavaria | 6 km SW | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |
| FürthBavaria | 7 km WNW | 21° | 8° | 65 mm |
| ZirndorfBavaria | 9 km W | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |
| OberasbachBavaria | 9 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |
| Röthenbach an der PegnitzBavaria | 12 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 69 mm |
| WendelsteinBavaria | 13 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 72 mm |
| FeuchtBavaria | 13 km SE | 19° | 8° | 74 mm |
| SchwabachBavaria | 14 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 72 mm |