Solothurn Weather in May
Solothurn in May
The short of it: Solothurn in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 108 mm (4.3 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 108 mm · daylight 15 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Solothurn brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 108 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 108 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, Solothurn runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Grenchen, 11 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Solothurn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 34 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