Wiener Neustadt weather in May

In May, Wiener Neustadt sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 95 mm of rain across 14.7 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Wiener Neustadt's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wiener Neustadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
95 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:24 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
63%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Wiener Neustadt is city in Lower Austria, Austria.

Air quality
Good
PM10 20 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
735/km²
people per km²
Founded
1194

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Wiener Neustadt reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Wiener Neustadt

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.

Wiener Neustadt 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°378.65.88.60.0
Feb / -2°378.55.19.90.1
Mar / 5611.34.111.61.7
Apr14° / 5811.11.313.44.0
May19° / 10°9514.7014.95.3
Jun22° / 13°10014015.76.0
Jul24° / 15°10814.6015.46.3
Aug24° / 14°10112.4014.16.6
Sep19° / 11°8910.6012.45.9
Oct13° / 63100.510.63.8
Nov / 549.62.89.11.1
Dec / -2°449.24.98.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
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54258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wiener Neustadt gets around 95 mm of rain over 14.7 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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244
345
445
546
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949
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1149
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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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
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99640
109640
119640
129640
139640
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2287121
2385141
2484151
2582171
2680182
2778202
2876222
2974233
3072253
3170264

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 4:46 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:466:59
214.34:447:00
314.34:437:01
414.44:417:03
514.44:397:04
614.54:387:06
714.54:367:07
814.64:357:08
914.64:337:10
1014.74:327:11
1114.74:307:12
1214.74:297:14
1314.84:277:15
1414.84:267:17
1514.94:257:18
1614.94:247:19
1715.04:227:20
1815.04:217:22
1915.14:207:23
2015.14:197:24
2115.14:187:25
2215.24:167:27
2315.24:157:28
2415.24:147:29
2515.34:137:30
2615.34:127:31
2715.34:127:32
2815.44:117:34
2915.44:107:35
3015.44:097:36
3115.54:087:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Wiener Neustadt?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Wiener Neustadt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wiener Neustadt in May

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

In May, Wiener Neustadt sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Wiener Neustadt 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 Wiener Neustadt peaks around July 13 at about 8 (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 13UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Wiener Neustadt 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 Wiener Neustadt 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 Wiener Neustadt?

Wiener Neustadt sits at 47.8°N, 16.2°E, 270 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Eisenstadt, 22 km away.

PerchtoldsdorfSemmeringMeidlingFavoriten

Topography around Wiener Neustadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wiener Neustadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 275 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 903 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,959 m.

The land around Wiener Neustadt is covered by artificial surfaces (33%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
903 m
80 km
1,959 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Eisenstadt 22 km · Baden 22 km · Sopron 30 km · Mödling 32 km · Perchtoldsdorf 35 km · Semmering 36 km · Meidling 41 km · Favoriten 41 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 Wiener Neustadt (47.8049°, 16.232°, elevation 270 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).