Telfs weather in May

In May, Telfs sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 176 mm of precipitation across 20.8 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Telfs's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Telfs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
176 mm
20.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:46 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Telfs is municipality seat in Austria.

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 10°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical May day in Telfs reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Telfs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 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
1
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Telfs weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -11°8412.412.98.70.0
Feb-1° / -9°7911.912.59.90.0
Mar / -6°10815.214.111.60.0
Apr / -3°11115.411.313.30.6
May12° / 17620.87.314.82.2
Jun15° / 19321.13.215.73.4
Jul17° / 19820.61.415.34.2
Aug17° / 20219.61.114.14.3
Sep13° / 13815.53.712.43.2
Oct / -0°11113.27.110.61.7
Nov / -6°10112.511.29.10.1
Dec-2° / -10°9413.213.48.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Telfs gets around 176 mm of rain and snow over 20.8 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 67% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
16027
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:087:18
214.25:067:19
314.35:057:21
414.35:037:22
514.45:017:24
614.45:007:25
714.54:587:26
814.54:577:28
914.64:557:29
1014.64:547:30
1114.74:527:32
1214.74:517:33
1314.74:507:34
1414.84:487:36
1514.84:477:37
1614.94:467:38
1714.94:457:39
1815.04:437:41
1915.04:427:42
2015.04:417:43
2115.14:407:44
2215.14:397:46
2315.14:387:47
2415.24:377:48
2515.24:367:49
2615.34:357:50
2715.34:347:51
2815.34:337:52
2915.34:327:53
3015.44:327:54
3115.44:317:55

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Telfs?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Telfs.

What to pack for Telfs in May

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

In May, Telfs sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Telfs in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Telfs peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar6High
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May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Telfs?

Telfs sits at 47.3°N, 11.1°E, 637 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 21 km away.

FussenPenzberg

Topography around Telfs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Telfs has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m around an average of 816 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,458 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,457 m.

The land around Telfs is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
959 m
16 km
2,458 m
80 km
3,457 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 21 km · Hötting 23 km · Wilten 25 km · Innsbruck 25 km · Pradl 27 km · Igls 27 km · Fussen 40 km · Penzberg 55 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 Telfs (47.3071°, 11.0682°, elevation 637 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).