Climate averages 1991–2020
Lübeck weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lübeck: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norderstedt (49 km away). In May its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Lübeck, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Lübeck ranks 108th of 120 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 120 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 120 cities is 17.9°C; Lübeck is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 67 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
Lübeck 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-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 55 | 11.8 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 44 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 48 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 10.1 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 16.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 60 | 10.8 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 67 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 78 | 12.5 | 16.517 h |
| August | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 75 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| September | 18.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 51 | 9.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 51 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 10.8 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 56 | 11.9 | 7.58 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
- Norderstedt in MayGermany · 49 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Neumünster in MayGermany · 51 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Schwerin in MayGermany · 55 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Hamburg in MayGermany · 58 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Kiel in MayGermany · 62 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Lüneburg in MayGermany · 71 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Rostock in MayGermany · 98 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Flensburg in MayGermany · 130 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 55 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 Lübeck) is explained once on the Lübeck year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.