Halle-Neustadt weather in May

In May, Halle-Neustadt sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 54 mm of rain across 9.9 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Halle-Neustadt's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Halle-Neustadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
54 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:28 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Halle-Neustadt is District of Halle (Saale) in Germany.

Density
4,546/km²
people per km²

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 Halle-Neustadt 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 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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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2177
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How May really feels in Halle-Neustadt

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.

Halle-Neustadt 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 / -1°4210.53.18.10.0
Feb / -1°329.23.29.60.2
Mar / 4210.41.711.51.8
Apr14° / 348.30.213.54.3
May19° / 549.9015.35.9
Jun22° / 12°4910.1016.36.5
Jul24° / 14°6611.2015.96.7
Aug24° / 14°5610.2014.46.8
Sep19° / 11°508.8012.46.1
Oct14° / 429.40.110.44.0
Nov / 4610.218.61.2
Dec / 4611.72.97.70.0

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44159
54060
64060
74060
83961
93961
104060
113961
123961
133862
143862
153862
163763
173763
183664
193664
203565
213565
223565
233565
243565
253664
263664
273664
283763
293763
303763
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Halle-Neustadt gets around 54 mm of rain over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
129
230
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430
531
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2131
2232
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2433
2533
2634
2734
2834
2935
3035
3135

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49820
59820
69820
79730
89730
99730
109730
119730
129640
139640
149640
159550
169550
179550
189460
199271
209271
219181
229091
2389101
2488102
2587112
2686122
2784133
2883143
2982153
3080164
3179174

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
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 8:10 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:547:25
214.64:527:27
314.64:507:29
414.74:487:30
514.84:467:32
614.84:447:34
714.94:437:35
814.94:417:37
915.04:397:38
1015.04:377:40
1115.14:367:42
1215.24:347:43
1315.24:327:45
1415.34:317:46
1515.34:297:48
1615.44:287:49
1715.44:267:51
1815.54:257:52
1915.54:237:54
2015.64:227:55
2115.64:217:57
2215.64:197:58
2315.74:188:00
2415.74:178:01
2515.84:168:02
2615.84:158:04
2715.94:148:05
2815.94:138:06
2915.94:128:07
3016.04:118:09
3116.04:108:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
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95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
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215.3Bright
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Halle-Neustadt?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Halle-Neustadt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Halle-Neustadt in May

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

In May, Halle-Neustadt sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Halle-Neustadt 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 Halle-Neustadt peaks around June 23 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Halle-Neustadt?

Halle-Neustadt sits at 51.5°N, 11.9°E, 85 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Halle (Saale), 4.0 km away.

Topography around Halle-Neustadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Halle-Neustadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m.

The land around Halle-Neustadt is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
231 m
80 km
621 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Halle (Saale) 4.0 km · Merseburg 15 km · Schkeuditz 23 km · Eisleben Lutherstadt 26 km · Delitzsch 30 km · Köthen 31 km · Weißenfels 31 km · Wolfen 32 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 Halle-Neustadt (51.4792°, 11.9161°, elevation 85 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).