Climate averages 1991–2020
Schwerin 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 Schwerin: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 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 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lübeck (55 km away). In May its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Schwerin, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Schwerin ranks joint 104th of 120 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 120 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 120 cities is 17.9°C; Schwerin is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 66 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
Schwerin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 51 | 11.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 42 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 47 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 43 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 58 | 10.8 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 66 | 11.7 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 77 | 12.4 | 16.517 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 44 | 10.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | 4.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 52 | 11.5 | 7.68 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
- Lübeck in MayGermany · 55 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Rostock in MayGermany · 70 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Lüneburg in MayGermany · 78 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Norderstedt in MayGermany · 94 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Hamburg in MayGermany · 94 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Neumünster in MayGermany · 106 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Kiel in MayGermany · 114 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in MayGermany · 141 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 54 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 Schwerin) is explained once on the Schwerin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.