Amstetten weather in May

In May, Amstetten sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 127 mm of precipitation across 16.1 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amstetten's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amstetten's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
127 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:28 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
63%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Amstetten is locality in Amstetten District.

Air quality
Good
PM10 17.4 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Amstetten reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1177
2177
3178
4178
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How May really feels in Amstetten

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Amstetten weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°7712.99.38.60.0
Feb / -3°6612.18.79.90.0
Mar / 8814.86.511.61.5
Apr14° / 7712.32.413.43.8
May18° / 12716.10.114.95.1
Jun22° / 12°12716.1015.85.6
Jul23° / 14°12215.2015.46.2
Aug23° / 14°12513.6014.16.4
Sep18° / 10°10912.8012.45.5
Oct13° / 8212.10.910.63.6
Nov / 7412.54.991.0
Dec / -2°7713.79.38.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44357
54258
64258
74258
84258
94258
104258
114258
124159
134159
144159
154159
164060
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204159
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284159
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304159
314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Amstetten gets around 127 mm of rain and snow over 16.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1462
2472
3471
4481
5481
6491
7501
8501
9501
10501
11511
12511
13510
14510
15510
16520
17520
18520
19520
20520
21530
22530
23530
24530
25530
26530
27540
28540
29540
30540
31540

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49820
59820
69820
79820
89820
99820
109820
119730
129730
139730
149730
159640
169550
179550
189460
199271
209181
219091
2289101
2387121
2485132
2584142
2682162
2781172
2879192
2977203
3075223
3174233

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
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208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:51 AM to 4:12 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:517:05
214.34:497:06
314.34:477:08
414.44:467:09
514.44:447:11
614.54:427:12
714.54:417:13
814.64:397:15
914.64:387:16
1014.74:367:18
1114.74:357:19
1214.84:337:20
1314.84:327:22
1414.94:317:23
1514.94:297:24
1615.04:287:26
1715.04:277:27
1815.04:257:28
1915.14:247:29
2015.14:237:31
2115.24:227:32
2215.24:217:33
2315.24:207:34
2415.34:197:36
2515.34:187:37
2615.44:177:38
2715.44:167:39
2815.44:157:40
2915.54:147:41
3015.54:137:42
3115.54:127:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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205.2Bright
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245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Amstetten?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Amstetten for sightseeing.

What to pack for Amstetten in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Amstetten sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Amstetten in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amstetten peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Amstetten?

Amstetten sits at 48.1°N, 14.9°E, 277 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Steyr, 35 km away.

SteyrAnsfeldenLinzTraunSankt PöltenWelsCesky KrumlovSemmering

Topography around Amstetten

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amstetten.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amstetten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 308 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,248 m.

The land around Amstetten is covered by cropland (31%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (38%), grassland (28%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
614 m
80 km
2,248 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Steyr 35 km · Ansfelden 44 km · Linz 48 km · Traun 48 km · Sankt Pölten 58 km · Wels 62 km · Cesky Krumlov 87 km · Semmering 90 km

Austria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 82% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$62,930
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 616
Religion
Roman Catholic 55%none 22%Muslim 8%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amstetten (48.1229°, 14.8721°, elevation 277 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).