Ostfildern Weather in May
Ostfildern in May
The short of it: Ostfildern in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 82 mm · daylight 15 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Ostfildern an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 82 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 82 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 14 min in mid-May, 97 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 September and April.
Against its neighbours, Ostfildern runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Esslingen, 4 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ostfildern, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 38 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EsslingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 4 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 83 mm |
| Stuttgart-OstBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km NNW | 20° | 8° | 82 mm |
| Leinfelden-EchterdingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 82 mm |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg | 8 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 82 mm |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg | 8 km NW | 19° | 8° | 81 mm |
| FellbachBaden-Wurttemberg | 9 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 81 mm |
| Stuttgart FeuerbachBaden-Wurttemberg | 11 km NW | 19° | 8° | 79 mm |
| WaiblingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 81 mm |