Basel Weather in May
Basel in May
The short of it: Basel in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 6 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 21° · low 9° · rain 80 mm · daylight 15 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
May in Basel brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 9°, with about 80 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 6 min in mid-May, 92 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, 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, Basel runs about middling and drier than most in May. Allschwil, 3 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Basel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 28 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllschwilBasel-Landschaft | 3 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 78 mm |
| Saint-LouisGrand Est | 4 km NNW | 21° | 9° | 78 mm |
| Weil am RheinBaden-Wurttemberg | 5 km NE | 21° | 9° | 83 mm |
| RiehenBasel-City | 6 km ENE | 21° | 9° | 88 mm |
| MuttenzBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SE | 20° | 9° | 93 mm |
| ReinachBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg | 9 km NE | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| RheinfeldenBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km E | 20° | 9° | 99 mm |