Bad Neustadt an der Saale weather in May

In May, Bad Neustadt an der Saale sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bad Neustadt an der Saale's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bad Neustadt an der Saale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:39 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
67%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Bad Neustadt an der Saale is main settlement of Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Lower Franconia, Germany.

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bad Neustadt an der Saale reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2167
3167
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How May really feels in Bad Neustadt an der Saale

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.

Bad Neustadt an der Saale weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6111.95.18.30.0
Feb / -2°4910.14.69.70.0
Mar / 5611.42.511.51.5
Apr13° / 4910.40.413.53.7
May18° / 6411.9015.25.3
Jun21° / 11°6411.7016.16.0
Jul23° / 13°7112.8015.76.4
Aug23° / 13°6310.8014.36.6
Sep18° / 559.8012.45.7
Oct12° / 5610.40.210.53.2
Nov / 5811.12.18.80.7
Dec / -1°6913.15.57.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23763
33763
43763
53664
63664
73664
83664
93565
103565
113565
123466
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bad Neustadt an der Saale gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
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539
639
739
838
938
1038
1138
1239
1339
1439
1539
1639
1739
1839
1939
2039
2139
2239
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2439
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2639
2739
2839
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3040
3140

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
39910
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69910
79910
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109910
119820
129820
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199550
209550
219361
229271
239181
249181
259091
2689101
2786122
2885132
2984142
3083152
3181163

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 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 5:04 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:047:29
214.55:027:31
314.55:007:32
414.64:587:34
514.64:567:35
614.74:557:37
714.84:537:38
814.84:517:40
914.94:507:41
1014.94:487:43
1115.04:467:45
1215.04:457:46
1315.14:437:47
1415.14:427:49
1515.24:407:50
1615.24:397:52
1715.34:387:53
1815.34:367:55
1915.44:357:56
2015.44:347:58
2115.44:327:59
2215.54:318:00
2315.54:308:02
2415.64:298:03
2515.64:288:04
2615.64:278:05
2715.74:268:07
2815.74:258:08
2915.84:248:09
3015.84:238:10
3115.84:228:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bad Neustadt an der Saale?

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
1.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bad Neustadt an der Saale for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bad Neustadt an der Saale in May

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

In May, Bad Neustadt an der Saale sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 Bad Neustadt an der Saale peaks around July 14 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bad Neustadt an der Saale?

Bad Neustadt an der Saale sits at 50.3°N, 10.2°E, 235 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Kissingen, 16 km away.

Topography around Bad Neustadt an der Saale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bad Neustadt an der Saale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Neustadt an der Saale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m.

The land around Bad Neustadt an der Saale is covered by cropland (39%), grassland (21%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
614 m
80 km
867 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bad Kissingen 16 km · Schweinfurt 30 km · Meiningen 31 km · Künzell 43 km · Petersberg 44 km · Fulda 46 km · Suhl 47 km · Schmalkalden 48 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 Bad Neustadt an der Saale (50.3217°, 10.2067°, elevation 235 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).