Stralsund Weather in May
Stralsund in May
The short of it: Stralsund in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 16 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 60 mm · daylight 16 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Stralsund an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 60 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 0 min in mid-May, 121 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; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Stralsund runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Steinhagen, 11 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Stralsund, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SteinhagenMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 11 km SSW | 17° | 7° | 61 mm |
| GrimmenMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 22 km S | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| BarthMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 24 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 53 mm |
| Bergen auf RügenMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 26 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| PutbusMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 26 km E | 16° | 8° | 46 mm |
| ZingstMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 29 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 50 mm |
| TribseesMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 32 km SW | 17° | 7° | 57 mm |
| Universitäts- und Hansestadt GreifswaldMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 32 km SE | 17° | 8° | 47 mm |