Illzach weather in May

In May, Illzach sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 93 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Illzach's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Illzach's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 54 min; 4:59 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Illzach reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

How May really feels in Illzach

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Illzach weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / -1°	75	12.5	3.6	8.6	0.0
Feb	6° / -0°	65	10.6	4.1	9.9	0.5
Mar	11° / 2°	71	12	1.9	11.6	2.5
Apr	15° / 5°	68	11.8	0.4	13.4	4.2
May	19° / 9°	93	14	0	14.9	5.4
Jun	23° / 13°	80	13.3	0	15.7	6.2
Jul	25° / 15°	81	13	0	15.4	6.5
Aug	24° / 14°	80	12	0	14.1	6.7
Sep	20° / 11°	74	11	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	14° / 7°	83	12.1	0.2	10.6	4.0
Nov	8° / 3°	81	11.8	1.4	9.1	1.4
Dec	5° / 0°	92	13.2	3.8	8.3	0.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	33	33	32	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	67	67	68	69	68	68	68	67	66	66	67	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Illzach gets around 93 mm of rain over 14 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	45
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	45

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	98	98	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	80	79	77	76	74	73
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	96	4	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	89	10	1
20	88	11	1
21	87	12	1
22	86	13	1
23	85	14	1
24	84	15	1
25	83	16	1
26	80	18	2
27	79	19	2
28	77	20	3
29	76	21	3
30	74	22	4
31	73	23	4

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 5:22 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:45	4:44
Sunset (PM)	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	5:22	7:34
2	14.3	5:20	7:35
3	14.3	5:18	7:37
4	14.4	5:17	7:38
5	14.4	5:15	7:40
6	14.5	5:13	7:41
7	14.5	5:12	7:42
8	14.6	5:10	7:44
9	14.6	5:09	7:45
10	14.7	5:07	7:47
11	14.7	5:06	7:48
12	14.7	5:04	7:49
13	14.8	5:03	7:51
14	14.8	5:02	7:52
15	14.9	5:00	7:53
16	14.9	4:59	7:55
17	15.0	4:58	7:56
18	15.0	4:57	7:57
19	15.0	4:55	7:58
20	15.1	4:54	8:00
21	15.1	4:53	8:01
22	15.2	4:52	8:02
23	15.2	4:51	8:03
24	15.2	4:50	8:04
25	15.3	4:49	8:06
26	15.3	4:48	8:07
27	15.3	4:47	8:08
28	15.4	4:46	8:09
29	15.4	4:45	8:10
30	15.4	4:45	8:11
31	15.5	4:44	8:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.13 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Illzach?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Illzach for sightseeing.

What to pack for Illzach in May

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

In May, Illzach sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Illzach in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Illzach peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	7	8	6	4	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Illzach 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 Illzach is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	15	15	13	15	12	12	12	10	9	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Illzach?

Illzach sits at 47.8°N, 7.4°E, 232 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Mulhouse, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Illzach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Illzach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 236 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,439 m.

The land around Illzach is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

71 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

480 m

trees 41%

80 km

1,439 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← April Illzach year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Mulhouse 3.0 km · Wittenheim 4.0 km · Müllheim 21 km · Saint-Louis 26 km · Allschwil 28 km · Weil am Rhein 28 km · Basel 29 km · Lörrach 29 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
Religion

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 Illzach (47.7742°, 7.3518°, elevation 232 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	45
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	96	4	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	89	10	1
20	88	11	1
21	87	12	1
22	86	13	1
23	85	14	1
24	84	15	1
25	83	16	1
26	80	18	2
27	79	19	2
28	77	20	3
29	76	21	3
30	74	22	4
31	73	23	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	45
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	96	4	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	89	10	1
20	88	11	1
21	87	12	1
22	86	13	1
23	85	14	1
24	84	15	1
25	83	16	1
26	80	18	2
27	79	19	2
28	77	20	3
29	76	21	3
30	74	22	4
31	73	23	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	45
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	96	4	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	89	10	1
20	88	11	1
21	87	12	1
22	86	13	1
23	85	14	1
24	84	15	1
25	83	16	1
26	80	18	2
27	79	19	2
28	77	20	3
29	76	21	3
30	74	22	4
31	73	23	4