Trier Weather in May
Trier in May
The short of it: Trier in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 22 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Trier an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 61 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 22 min in mid-May, 100 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Trier runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Konz, 8 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Trier, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KonzRheinland-Pfalz | 8 km SW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| LosheimSaarland | 28 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| WadernSaarland | 30 km SE | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| WittlichRheinland-Pfalz | 31 km NE | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| MerzigSaarland | 35 km S | 19° | 9° | 69 mm |
| SchmelzSaarland | 39 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 74 mm |
| Bonnevoie-SudLuxembourg | 40 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| BeckingenSaarland | 40 km S | 19° | 8° | 70 mm |