Rheinfelden Weather in May
Rheinfelden in May
The short of it: Rheinfelden in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 99 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 99 mm · daylight 15 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Rheinfelden an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 99 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 9°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 99 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 6 min in mid-May, 92 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Rheinfelden runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Schopfheim, 10 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Rheinfelden, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SchopfheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 10 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 112 mm |
| RiehenBasel-City | 11 km W | 21° | 9° | 88 mm |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg | 11 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| Weil am RheinBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km WNW | 21° | 9° | 83 mm |
| BaselBasel-City | 16 km W | 21° | 9° | 80 mm |
| ReinachBasel-Landschaft | 16 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| Saint-LouisGrand Est | 17 km WNW | 21° | 9° | 78 mm |
| AllschwilBasel-Landschaft | 19 km W | 20° | 9° | 78 mm |