Bad Rappenau weather in May

In May, Bad Rappenau sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.5 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 18°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 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 Bad Rappenau's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bad Rappenau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:47 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Bad Rappenau is human settlement in 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bad Rappenau reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°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 26°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)
1188
2188
3188
4188
5188
6189
7189
8189
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10189
11189
12199
13199
14199
15199
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272111
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312111

How May really feels in Bad Rappenau

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 Rappenau 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 / -1°7512.648.50.0
Feb / -0°6411.13.99.80.3
Mar10° / 7312.21.711.62.3
Apr15° / 5010.10.113.44.5
May19° / 10°7512.5015.15.7
Jun22° / 13°6111.7015.96.4
Jul25° / 15°7012.1015.66.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.4014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°6210.1012.46.1
Oct14° / 7011.80.110.53.9
Nov / 7211.71.18.91.3
Dec / 8914.748.10.0

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 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43664
53664
63664
73664
83664
93664
103664
113664
123664
133664
143664
153664
163565
173565
183565
193565
203763
213763
223763
233763
243664
253664
263763
273862
283862
293862
303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bad Rappenau gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
142
242
342
442
542
642
742
842
942
1042
1142
1242
1342
1442
1542
1642
1741
1841
1940
2040
2140
2239
2339
2439
2538
2638
2738
2838
2939
3039
3139

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39820
49820
59730
69730
79730
89730
99640
109640
119640
129640
139550
149550
159460
169460
179370
189280
199280
209190
2189101
2288111
2387121
2486131
2584142
2683152
2782162
2879183
2978193
3076204
3175214

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 5:11 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:117:31
214.45:097:32
314.45:077:34
414.55:067:35
514.55:047:37
614.65:027:38
714.65:017:40
814.74:597:41
914.84:577:43
1014.84:567:44
1114.94:547:45
1214.94:537:47
1314.94:517:48
1415.04:507:50
1515.04:497:51
1615.14:477:52
1715.14:467:54
1815.24:457:55
1915.24:437:57
2015.34:427:58
2115.34:417:59
2215.34:408:00
2315.44:398:02
2415.44:378:03
2515.54:368:04
2615.54:358:05
2715.54:348:07
2815.64:348:08
2915.64:338:09
3015.64:328:10
3115.74:318:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.22 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
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205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bad Rappenau?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bad Rappenau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bad Rappenau in May

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

In May, Bad Rappenau sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Bad Rappenau 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 Rappenau peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bad Rappenau?

Bad Rappenau sits at 49.2°N, 9.1°E, 232 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neckarsulm, 11 km away.

Topography around Bad Rappenau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Rappenau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 241 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 910 m.

The land around Bad Rappenau is covered by cropland (55%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
257 m
80 km
910 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Neckarsulm 11 km · Mosbach 13 km · Heilbronn 14 km · Sinsheim 16 km · Eppingen 18 km · Brackenheim 18 km · Eberbach 27 km · Öhringen 30 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 Rappenau (49.2385°, 9.1018°, 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).