Witten Weather in May
Witten in May
The short of it: Witten in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
May in Witten brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 66 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Witten runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Bochum, 10 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Witten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NE | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SE | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 63 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |