Zwickau Weather in May
Zwickau in May
The short of it: Zwickau in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 69 mm · daylight 15 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
May in Zwickau brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 69 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 69 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 29 min in mid-May, 104 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Zwickau runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Werdau, 8 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Zwickau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 37 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WerdauSaxony | 8 km W | 19° | 8° | 69 mm |
| GlauchauSaxony | 11 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| CrimmitschauSaxony | 12 km NW | 19° | 8° | 64 mm |
| MeeraneSaxony | 13 km N | 19° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Reichenbach/VogtlandSaxony | 17 km SW | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |
| Hohenstein-ErnstthalSaxony | 18 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 64 mm |
| SchneebergSaxony | 18 km SE | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |
| SchmöllnThuringia | 21 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |