Benthuizen Weather in May
Benthuizen in May
The short of it: Benthuizen in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 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 18° · low 8° · rain 49 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Benthuizen an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 49 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-May, 110 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Benthuizen runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Zoetermeer, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Benthuizen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- February
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZoetermeerSouth Holland | 4 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 48 mm |
| Alphen aan den RijnSouth Holland | 10 km NE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| LeidenSouth Holland | 10 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 48 mm |
| GoudaSouth Holland | 13 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 51 mm |
| DelftSouth Holland | 15 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 49 mm |
| RijswijkSouth Holland | 16 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 49 mm |
| Capelle aan den IJsselSouth Holland | 17 km S | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| The HagueSouth Holland | 17 km W | 18° | 9° | 50 mm |