Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayreuth weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bayreuth: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bamberg (49 km away). In May its highs average 18.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bayreuth, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bayreuth ranks joint 36th of 120 for the warmest May highs and joint 93rd of 120 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 120 cities is 17.9°C; Bayreuth is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 82 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
Bayreuth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 79 | 13.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 63 | 11.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 71 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 74 | 13.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 82 | 13.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 90 | 13.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 79 | 12.5 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 70 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 71 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.4°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 86 | 14.5 | 8.28 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
- Bamberg in MayGermany · 49 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Erlangen in MayGermany · 57 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Nuremberg in MayGermany · 66 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Fürth in MayGermany · 67 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Zwickau in MayGermany · 108 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Jena in MayGermany · 109 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Gera in MayGermany · 110 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 110 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 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 Bayreuth) is explained once on the Bayreuth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.