Bern Weather in May
Bern in May
The short of it: Bern in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 118 mm · daylight 15 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Bern brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 118 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 118 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 2 min in mid-May, 90 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Bern runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Muri, 4 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bern, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 44 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MuriBern | 4 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 120 mm |
| KönizBern | 4 km SW | 19° | 8° | 114 mm |
| BurgdorfBern | 18 km NE | 19° | 8° | 124 mm |
| SteffisburgBern | 24 km SE | 19° | 8° | 112 mm |
| ThunBern | 26 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 109 mm |
| Biel/BienneBern | 26 km NW | 18° | 8° | 109 mm |
| GrenchenSolothurn | 27 km N | 19° | 8° | 107 mm |
| FribourgFribourg | 28 km SW | 19° | 8° | 105 mm |