Climate averages 1991–2020
Strasbourg weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Strasbourg: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Freiburg (66 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Strasbourg, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Strasbourg ranks joint 19th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 47th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Strasbourg is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 79 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
Strasbourg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 72 | 13.2 | 8.89 h |
| February | 6.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 70 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 83 | 13.8 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 79 | 12.5 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 83 | 13.0 | 15.716 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 76 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 70 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 77 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 76 | 11.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 5.9°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 8.48 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
- Freiburg in MayGermany · 66 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Karlsruhe in MayGermany · 68 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Pforzheim in MayGermany · 77 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in MayGermany · 80 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in MayGermany · 90 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in MayGermany · 96 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Tübingen in MayGermany · 96 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Mulhouse in MayFrance · 98 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 93 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 Strasbourg) is explained once on the Strasbourg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.