Climate averages 1991–2020
Tilburg weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Tilburg: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is 's-Hertogenbosch (22 km away). In May its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Tilburg, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Tilburg ranks joint 5th of 44 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 44 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 44 cities is 16.9°C; Tilburg is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 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
Tilburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 65 | 11.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 59 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 51 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 65 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 11.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 13.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 81 | 12.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 62 | 11.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 64 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 63 | 12.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 7.98 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
- 's-Hertogenbosch in MayThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Breda in MayThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Eindhoven in MayThe Netherlands · 30 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Oss in MayThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Helmond in MayThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Dordrecht in MayThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Roosendaal in MayThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Deurne in MayBelgium · 57 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 62 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 Tilburg) is explained once on the Tilburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.