Zittau Weather in May
Zittau in May
The short of it: Zittau in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 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 20° · low 8° · rain 86 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Zittau an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 86 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 20°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 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, Zittau runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Bogatynia, 10 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Zittau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 55 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BogatyniaLower Silesia | 10 km E | 19° | 8° | 79 mm |
| VarnsdorfÚstí nad Labem Region | 13 km W | 18° | 8° | 76 mm |
| RumburkÚstí nad Labem Region | 19 km WNW | 18° | 7° | 72 mm |
| LiberecLiberec Region | 23 km SE | 19° | 7° | 75 mm |
| Nový BorLiberec Region | 24 km SW | 18° | 8° | 75 mm |
| LöbauSaxony | 24 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 71 mm |
| Česká LípaLiberec Region | 30 km SW | 20° | 9° | 73 mm |
| GörlitzSaxony | 31 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 67 mm |