Siegen Weather in May
Siegen in May
The short of it: Siegen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 65 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Siegen an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 65 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Siegen runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Gummersbach, 36 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Siegen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GummersbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 47 km NW | 17° | 8° | 74 mm |
| WetzlarHesse | 49 km SE | 20° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 53 km E | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |
| Hennef (Sieg)North Rhine-Westphalia | 53 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 66 mm |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse | 55 km S | 20° | 8° | 54 mm |
| MeschedeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 56 km NNE | 18° | 7° | 71 mm |
| GießenHesse | 56 km SE | 20° | 9° | 56 mm |