Donaustadt weather in May

In May, Donaustadt sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Donaustadt's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donaustadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:21 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Donaustadt reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1199
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How May really feels in Donaustadt

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.

Donaustadt weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°348.24.28.60.0
Feb / -1°317.72.89.90.3
Mar10° / 459.5211.62.3
Apr16° / 438.40.513.45.0
May20° / 11°6912014.96.1
Jun24° / 14°7311.5015.86.6
Jul26° / 16°7812.1015.56.5
Aug26° / 16°689.8014.16.8
Sep21° / 12°699.3012.46.5
Oct14° / 478.60.210.64.4
Nov / 448.91.691.4
Dec / -1°398.53.18.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34753
44753
54654
64456
74456
84456
94456
104357
114357
124357
134456
144357
154357
164357
174258
184258
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254357
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294456
304357
314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Donaustadt gets around 69 mm of rain over 12 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
134
235
335
436
537
637
738
838
939
1039
1139
1239
1339
1439
1539
1638
1738
1838
1938
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2538
2639
2739
2839
2940
3040
3141

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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29640
39550
49550
59460
69460
79370
89370
99280
109280
119190
129190
1390100
1490100
1589110
1689110
1787121
1886131
1986131
2084142
2183152
2282162
2380173
2478184
2577194
2674215
2772226
2870237
2969247
3066268
3164279

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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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 4:44 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:446:59
214.34:427:00
314.34:417:02
414.44:397:03
514.54:377:04
614.54:367:06
714.64:347:07
814.64:337:09
914.74:317:10
1014.74:307:11
1114.74:287:13
1214.84:277:14
1314.84:257:16
1414.94:247:17
1514.94:237:18
1615.04:217:20
1715.04:207:21
1815.14:197:22
1915.14:177:24
2015.14:167:25
2115.24:157:26
2215.24:147:27
2315.34:137:28
2415.34:127:30
2515.34:117:31
2615.44:107:32
2715.44:097:33
2815.44:087:34
2915.54:077:35
3015.54:067:36
3115.54:067:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Donaustadt?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Donaustadt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Donaustadt in May

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

In May, Donaustadt sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Donaustadt 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 Donaustadt peaks around July 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 11UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Donaustadt in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Donaustadt is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateJun 1316 µg/m³Nov 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Donaustadt?

Donaustadt sits at 48.2°N, 16.5°E, 155 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Aspern, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Donaustadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donaustadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,942 m.

The land around Donaustadt is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
1,942 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Aspern 2.0 km · Floridsdorf 5.0 km · Essling 5.0 km · Simmering 6.0 km · Brigittenau 6.0 km · Landstraße 6.0 km · Vienna 7.0 km · Innere Stadt 7.0 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 Donaustadt (48.2333°, 16.46°, elevation 155 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).