Climate averages 1991–2020
Munich weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Munich: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Augsburg (56 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Munich, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Munich ranks joint 77th of 120 for the warmest May highs and 116th of 120 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 120 cities is 17.9°C; Munich is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 106 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
Munich climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 62 | 11.4 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 53 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 70 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 65 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 17.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 106 | 15.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 106 | 14.3 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 104 | 14.5 | 15.616 h |
| August | 22.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 99 | 13.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 81 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 68 | 11.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 10.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 67 | 12.9 | 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
- Augsburg in MayGermany · 56 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Landshut in MayGermany · 61 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Ingolstadt in MayGermany · 71 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in MayAustria · 98 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 105 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Salzburg in MayAustria · 116 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Ulm in MayGermany · 121 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Nuremberg in MayGermany · 151 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 72 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 Munich) is explained once on the Munich year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.