Paderborn Weather in May
Paderborn in May
The short of it: Paderborn in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
May in Paderborn brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 66 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 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; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Paderborn runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Delbrück, 14 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Paderborn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DelbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| RietbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 25 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 59 mm |
| DetmoldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 66 mm |
| LippstadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km W | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km N | 19° | 9° | 63 mm |
| GüterslohNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km NW | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Rheda-WiedenbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 34 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 57 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |