Grenchen Weather in May
Grenchen in May
The short of it: Grenchen in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 107 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 4 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 107 mm · daylight 15 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Grenchen brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 107 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 107 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 4 min in mid-May, 91 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, Grenchen runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Solothurn, 11 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Grenchen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 38 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolothurnSolothurn | 11 km E | 19° | 8° | 108 mm |
| Biel/BienneBern | 13 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 109 mm |
| DelémontJura | 20 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 98 mm |
| BurgdorfBern | 23 km SE | 19° | 8° | 124 mm |
| BernBern | 27 km S | 19° | 8° | 118 mm |
| KönizBern | 30 km S | 19° | 8° | 114 mm |
| MuriBern | 30 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 120 mm |
| LangenthalBern | 30 km E | 19° | 8° | 116 mm |