Climate averages 1991–2020
Augsburg weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Augsburg: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Munich (56 km away). In May its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Augsburg, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Augsburg ranks joint 49th of 120 for the warmest May highs and 118th of 120 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 120 cities is 17.9°C; Augsburg is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 113 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
Augsburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 64 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 68 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 110 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 113 | 14.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 111 | 14.6 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 105 | 13.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 82 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 70 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 66 | 10.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 4.0°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 71 | 12.8 | 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
- Munich in MayGermany · 56 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in MayGermany · 58 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Ulm in MayGermany · 67 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Landshut in MayGermany · 95 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 114 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Nuremberg in MayGermany · 121 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Fürth in MayGermany · 123 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Esslingen in MayGermany · 124 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 84 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 Augsburg) is explained once on the Augsburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.