Freising weather in May

In May, Freising sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 100 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 15 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 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Freising's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Freising's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:39 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Freising reaches about 19°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 25°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)
1178
2188
3188
4188
5188
6188
7189
8189
9189
10189
11189
12189
13189
14199
15199
16199
17199
181910
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211910
222010
232010
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252010
262011
272011
282011
292011
302111
312111

How May really feels in Freising

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.

Freising 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°6111.45.88.60.0
Feb / -2°4910.44.99.90.1
Mar10° / 6412.22.811.61.9
Apr14° / 59110.913.44.1
May19° / 10015.10155.4
Jun22° / 13°10014.2015.86.0
Jul24° / 15°10614015.56.3
Aug24° / 14°10013.5014.16.4
Sep19° / 10°7511.2012.45.8
Oct14° / 64110.210.63.7
Nov / 6110.52.591.0
Dec / -1°6512.95.78.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43763
53763
63664
73664
83664
93763
103664
113664
123763
133763
143763
153763
163763
173763
183763
193763
203862
213862
223961
234060
244060
254060
264159
274159
284159
294159
304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Freising gets around 100 mm of rain over 15.1 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 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
144
245
346
446
547
647
748
848
948
1048
1148
1249
1349
1449
1549
1649
1749
1849
1949
2049
2148
2248
2348
2448
2548
2648
2748
2848
2948
3048
3149

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 (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119820
129820
139820
149820
159820
169730
179730
189640
199550
209460
219370
229280
239190
2489101
2588111
2686131
2785141
2884151
2982171
3080182
3179192

Wind in May

Winds average 10 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
1510calm
1610calm
1710calm
1810calm
1910calm
2010calm
2110calm
2210calm
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2410calm
2510calm
2610calm
2710calm
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 36 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 5:02 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:027:18
214.35:017:19
314.44:597:21
414.44:577:22
514.54:567:24
614.54:547:25
714.64:537:27
814.64:517:28
914.74:497:29
1014.74:487:31
1114.84:467:32
1214.84:457:34
1314.94:447:35
1414.94:427:36
1514.94:417:38
1615.04:397:39
1715.04:387:40
1815.14:377:42
1915.14:367:43
2015.24:347:44
2115.24:337:45
2215.24:327:47
2315.34:317:48
2415.34:307:49
2515.44:297:50
2615.44:287:51
2715.44:277:53
2815.54:267:54
2915.54:257:55
3015.54:257:56
3115.64:247:57

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.35 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
25.1Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
75.2Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.4Bright
205.4Bright
215.4Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Freising?

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 Freising for sightseeing.

What to pack for Freising in May

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

In May, Freising sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Freising 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 Freising peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 11UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Freising 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 Freising is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1615 µg/m³Nov 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Freising?

Freising sits at 48.4°N, 11.7°E, 448 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neufahrn bei Freising, 12 km away.

Topography around Freising

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Freising has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,453 m.

The land around Freising is covered by trees (41%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
1,453 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Neufahrn bei Freising 12 km · Moosburg 16 km · Erding 16 km · Garching 19 km · Unterschleißheim 19 km · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm 23 km · Karlsfeld 28 km · Dachau 28 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 Freising (48.4035°, 11.7488°, elevation 448 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).