Opladen Weather in May
Opladen in May
The short of it: Opladen in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 64 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Opladen an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 10°. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 min in mid-May, 106 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Opladen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Leverkusen, 4 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Opladen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km NW | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| HildenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 65 mm |
| DormagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km SE | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |
| SolingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 74 mm |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |