Climate averages 1991–2020
Esbjerg weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Esbjerg: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Flensburg (98 km away). In May its highs average 15.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Esbjerg, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Esbjerg ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 15.1°C; Esbjerg is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Esbjerg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 70 | 13.5 | 7.88 h |
| February | 3.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 57 | 11.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 42 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 14.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 49 | 10.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 16.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 66 | 10.9 | 17.417 h |
| July | 19.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 71 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| August | 19.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 88 | 14.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 91 | 14.5 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 79 | 14.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | 5.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 75 | 13.8 | 7.27 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Flensburg in MayGermany · 98 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Odense in MayDenmark · 122 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Århus in MayDenmark · 134 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Kiel in MayGermany · 167 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Neumünster in MayGermany · 184 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Aalborg in MayDenmark · 197 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Bremerhaven in MayGermany · 213 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Wilhelmshaven in MayGermany · 215 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Esbjerg) is explained once on the Esbjerg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.