Otepää weather in May

In May, Otepää sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 60 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°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 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Otepää's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Otepää's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
60 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
3:59 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Otepää is town in Estonia.

Density
348/km²
people per km²

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 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Otepää reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1144
2144
3144
4144
5144
6144
7154
8155
9155
10155
11155
12155
13155
14166
15166
16166
17166
18166
19166
20177
21177
22177
23177
24177
25178
26178
27188
28188
29188
30188
31189

How May really feels in Otepää

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.

Otepää weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4511.3106.90.0
Feb-2° / -8°409.58.68.90.0
Mar / -4°4010.1711.40.0
Apr10° / 42102142.3
May16° / 6010.90.216.44.9
Jun20° / 11°8813.3017.75.6
Jul22° / 13°7613017.26.1
Aug21° / 12°8313.1015.15.9
Sep16° / 5510.8012.54.5
Oct / 6612.31.19.91.6
Nov / -1°5511.44.97.60.0
Dec-1° / -4°4711.68.76.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34258
44258
54258
64357
74258
84258
94258
104258
114258
124159
134258
144159
154258
164258
174159
184159
194159
204258
214159
224258
234357
244357
254357
264456
274456
284555
294555
304555
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Otepää gets around 60 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1312
2312
3322
4322
5322
6322
7322
8331
9331
10331
11341
12341
13351
14351
15351
16360
17360
18360
19370
20370
21370
22370
23370
24370
25370
26370
27360
28360
29360
30360
31360

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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99820
109820
119820
129730
139631
149631
159541
169541
179541
189451
199451
209451
219451
229352
239262
249262
259262
269262
279262
289172
299073
308983
318983

Wind in May

Winds average 12 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
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612light breeze
1712light breeze
1812light breeze
1912light breeze
2012light breeze
2112light breeze
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2612light breeze
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2812light breeze
2912light breeze
3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 3:33 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 8:50 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:337:49
215.34:317:52
315.44:287:54
415.54:267:56
515.64:237:58
615.74:218:00
715.74:188:03
815.84:168:05
915.94:148:07
1016.04:128:09
1116.04:098:11
1216.14:078:14
1316.24:058:16
1416.34:038:18
1516.34:018:20
1616.43:598:22
1716.53:568:24
1816.53:548:26
1916.63:538:28
2016.73:518:30
2116.73:498:32
2216.83:478:34
2316.83:458:36
2416.93:438:38
2517.03:428:40
2617.03:408:42
2717.13:388:43
2817.13:378:45
2917.23:358:47
3017.23:348:48
3117.33:338:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.24 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Otepää?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Otepää for sightseeing.

What to pack for Otepää in May

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

In May, Otepää sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Otepää in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Otepää peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Otepää?

Otepää sits at 58.1°N, 26.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in Estonia. The nearest listed city is Tartu, 38 km away.

TartuValgaViljandiValmieraPskovPärnu

Topography around Otepää

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Otepää has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m.

The land around Otepää is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
309 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Tartu 38 km · Valga 41 km · Viljandi 63 km · Valmiera 86 km · Cēsis 110 km · Pskov 112 km · Pärnu 123 km · Madona 135 km

Estonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 66% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,418
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 561
Religion
none 58%Orthodox 17%Protestant 9%other 3%

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 Otepää (58.0583°, 26.4967°, elevation 0 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).