Ansbach weather in May

In May, Ansbach sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 82 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ansbach's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ansbach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:41 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover
67%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Ansbach is main settlement of Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Ansbach reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ansbach

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.

Ansbach weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6111.85.68.40.0
Feb / -2°5110.45.39.80.0
Mar / 6412.12.911.51.6
Apr14° / 52110.713.43.8
May18° / 8213.6015.15.2
Jun21° / 12°7813.3015.96.0
Jul23° / 14°8313.1015.66.4
Aug23° / 14°7312.5014.26.5
Sep18° / 10°6310.9012.45.6
Oct13° / 6411.20.310.53.4
Nov / 6211.12.48.90.7
Dec / -1°6913.55.780.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 66%.

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

Any precipitation

Ansbach gets around 82 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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244
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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239271
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259091
2689101
2788111
2886131
2985141
3084151
3182171

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 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 5:05 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 8:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:057:25
214.45:037:26
314.45:017:28
414.55:007:29
514.54:587:31
614.64:567:32
714.74:557:34
814.74:537:35
914.84:517:37
1014.84:507:38
1114.94:487:40
1214.94:477:41
1315.04:457:43
1415.04:447:44
1515.04:427:45
1615.14:417:47
1715.14:407:48
1815.24:387:49
1915.24:377:51
2015.34:367:52
2115.34:357:53
2215.44:337:55
2315.44:327:56
2415.44:317:57
2515.54:307:58
2615.54:298:00
2715.54:288:01
2815.64:278:02
2915.64:268:03
3015.64:268:04
3115.74:258:05

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.28 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 Ansbach?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ansbach for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ansbach in May

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

In May, Ansbach sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ansbach 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 Ansbach peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ansbach?

Ansbach sits at 49.3°N, 10.6°E, 451 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Gunzenhausen, 24 km away.

Topography around Ansbach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ansbach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 444 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 638 m.

The land around Ansbach is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (36%), cropland (33%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
232 m
80 km
638 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Gunzenhausen 24 km · Oberasbach 29 km · Zirndorf 30 km · Rothenburg ob der Tauber 31 km · Schwabach 31 km · Fürth 34 km · Herzogenaurach 36 km · Roth 37 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%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 Ansbach (49.3048°, 10.5931°, elevation 451 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).