Ulm Weather in May
Ulm in May
The short of it: Ulm in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 81 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Ulm an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 81 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 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 September and April.
Against its neighbours, Ulm runs about middling and drier than most in May. Neu-Ulm, 2 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ulm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 36 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neu-UlmBavaria | 2 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 83 mm |
| SendenBavaria | 9 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 89 mm |
| GünzburgBavaria | 22 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 93 mm |
| EhingenBaden-Wurttemberg | 23 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 87 mm |
| Geislingen an der SteigeBaden-Wurttemberg | 28 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 91 mm |
| Giengen an der BrenzBaden-Wurttemberg | 31 km NE | 19° | 8° | 85 mm |
| Heidenheim an der BrenzBaden-Wurttemberg | 33 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg | 37 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 100 mm |