Soltau Weather in May
Soltau in May
The short of it: Soltau in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
May in Soltau brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 48 min in mid-May, 115 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Soltau runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Buchholz in der Nordheide, 38 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Soltau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchholz in der NordheideLower Saxony | 38 km N | 18° | 8° | 57 mm |
| CelleLower Saxony | 43 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 51 mm |
| SeevetalLower Saxony | 47 km N | 18° | 8° | 53 mm |
| WinsenLower Saxony | 48 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| LüneburgLower Saxony | 48 km NE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| UelzenLower Saxony | 49 km E | 19° | 7° | 53 mm |
| Neugraben-FischbekHamburg | 53 km N | 18° | 8° | 55 mm |
| HarburgHamburg | 54 km N | 19° | 9° | 54 mm |