Plauen Weather in May
Plauen in May
The short of it: Plauen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 27 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 7° · rain 59 mm · daylight 15 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Plauen an average May high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 59 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 27 min in mid-May, 103 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Plauen runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Oelsnitz, 9 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Plauen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OelsnitzSaxony | 9 km SSE | 18° | 7° | 57 mm |
| Reichenbach/VogtlandSaxony | 18 km NE | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |
| GreizThuringia | 18 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| AuerbachSaxony | 19 km E | 18° | 7° | 63 mm |
| Zeulenroda-TriebesThuringia | 20 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 61 mm |
| ZeulenrodaThuringia | 20 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 61 mm |
| HofBavaria | 26 km SW | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| AšCarlsbad Region | 31 km S | 17° | 6° | 57 mm |