Solingen Weather in May
Solingen in May
The short of it: Solingen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 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 9° · rain 74 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
May in Solingen brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 74 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 min in mid-May, 106 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, Solingen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Remscheid, 8 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Solingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RemscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km E | 18° | 8° | 74 mm |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 73 mm |
| HildenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km W | 20° | 10° | 65 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SW | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km N | 19° | 9° | 69 mm |
| DormagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km WSW | 20° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km S | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |