Climate averages 1991–2020
Metz weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Metz: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nancy (48 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Metz, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Metz ranks joint 38th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 42nd of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Metz is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 64 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
Metz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 67 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| February | 6.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 55 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 84 | 14.0 | 8.38 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
- Nancy in MayFrance · 48 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Luxembourg in MayLuxembourg · 55 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in MayGermany · 62 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Trier in MayGermany · 78 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in MayGermany · 121 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Strasbourg in MayFrance · 130 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Reims in MayFrance · 157 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Karlsruhe in MayGermany · 163 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 79 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 Metz) is explained once on the Metz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.