Overath Weather in May
Overath in May
The short of it: Overath in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 74 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Overath an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 74 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 105 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Overath runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Bergisch Gladbach, 12 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Overath, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km WSW | 20° | 10° | 64 mm |
| TroisdorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km SW | 20° | 9° | 65 mm |
| Sankt AugustinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km WSW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km W | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km W | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |