Zedelgem weather in May

In May, Zedelgem sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 56 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zedelgem's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zedelgem's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
5:04 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Zedelgem is town in Zedelgem municipality, Belgium.

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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zedelgem reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1159
2159
3159
4159
5159
6159
7159
8169
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10169
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How May really feels in Zedelgem

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.

Zedelgem weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6012.50.98.20.6
Feb / 5110.619.60.8
Mar10° / 5010.90.411.52.1
Apr13° / 4410.4013.53.6
May16° / 10°5610.8015.35.0
Jun19° / 13°5810.3016.25.9
Jul21° / 15°6511.4015.96.3
Aug21° / 15°7111.6014.46.3
Sep19° / 13°6210.7012.45.7
Oct15° / 10°6912.6010.44.0
Nov10° / 7013.40.28.72.1
Dec / 7313.90.97.80.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33862
43862
53862
63862
73961
84060
94060
104060
114060
124060
134159
144060
154159
164159
174159
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204159
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224060
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313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zedelgem gets around 56 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
236
336
436
535
635
734
834
934
1034
1134
1234
1334
1435
1535
1635
1736
1836
1936
2036
2137
2237
2336
2436
2536
2636
2736
2836
2936
3036
3136

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
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99550
109550
119460
129460
139460
149370
159271
169271
179181
189181
199091
209091
2189101
2288111
2388111
2486122
2585132
2684142
2783152
2881163
2980173
3078193
3177203

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 4:46 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 8:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:308:00
214.65:288:01
314.65:268:03
414.75:248:04
514.75:228:06
614.85:218:08
714.85:198:09
814.95:178:11
915.05:158:12
1015.05:148:14
1115.15:128:16
1215.15:108:17
1315.25:098:19
1415.25:078:20
1515.35:068:22
1615.35:048:23
1715.45:038:25
1815.45:018:26
1915.55:008:28
2015.54:598:29
2115.64:578:30
2215.64:568:32
2315.64:558:33
2415.74:548:35
2515.74:528:36
2615.84:518:37
2715.84:508:38
2815.84:498:40
2915.94:488:41
3015.94:478:42
3115.94:468:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.1Bright
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115.3Bright
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
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305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zedelgem?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zedelgem for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zedelgem in May

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

In May, Zedelgem sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Zedelgem in May

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Zedelgem 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 Zedelgem peaks around June 22 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zedelgem?

Zedelgem sits at 51.1°N, 3.1°E, 9 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Oostkamp, 7.0 km away.

OstendBlankenberge

Topography around Zedelgem

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zedelgem has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Zedelgem is covered by trees (31%), grassland (30%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Oostkamp 7.0 km · Sint-Andries 7.0 km · Torhout 9.0 km · Bruges 10 km · Assebroek 10 km · Sint-Kruis 11 km · Ostend 17 km · Blankenberge 19 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

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 Zedelgem (51.1424°, 3.1368°, elevation 9 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).