Ingolstadt weather in May

In May, Ingolstadt sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 76 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-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 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 Ingolstadt's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ingolstadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:40 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Ingolstadt is main settlement of Ingolstadt in Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.7 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ingolstadt 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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ingolstadt

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.

Ingolstadt weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5410.94.98.50.0
Feb / -2°439.74.19.80.2
Mar10° / 5411.4211.62.0
Apr15° / 4710.20.513.44.3
May19° / 7612.60155.7
Jun22° / 13°7812.6015.96.3
Jul25° / 14°8112.8015.56.5
Aug24° / 14°7711.4014.26.7
Sep19° / 10°5910.1012.46.0
Oct14° / 5510.10.210.53.8
Nov / 5610.11.991.0
Dec / -1°5912.14.88.10.0

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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

Any precipitation

Ingolstadt gets around 76 mm of rain over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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2687121
2785141
2884151
2982171
3081181
3178202

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
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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 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 5:03 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:037:20
214.35:017:22
314.44:597:23
414.44:587:25
514.54:567:26
614.64:547:27
714.64:537:29
814.74:517:30
914.74:507:32
1014.84:487:33
1114.84:477:35
1214.84:457:36
1314.94:447:37
1414.94:427:39
1515.04:417:40
1615.04:407:42
1715.14:387:43
1815.14:377:44
1915.24:367:46
2015.24:357:47
2115.24:337:48
2215.34:327:49
2315.34:317:51
2415.44:307:52
2515.44:297:53
2615.44:287:54
2715.54:277:55
2815.54:267:56
2915.54:257:58
3015.64:247:59
3115.64:248:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.34 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 Ingolstadt?

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 Ingolstadt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ingolstadt in May

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

In May, Ingolstadt sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ingolstadt 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 Ingolstadt 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 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 11UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ingolstadt?

Ingolstadt sits at 48.8°N, 11.4°E, 379 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neuburg an der Donau, 18 km away.

Topography around Ingolstadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ingolstadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 373 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m.

The land around Ingolstadt is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
386 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Neuburg an der Donau 18 km · Schrobenhausen 26 km · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm 27 km · Kelheim 38 km · Aichach 40 km · Weißenburg in Bayern 44 km · Freising 47 km · Donauwörth 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 Ingolstadt (48.7651°, 11.4237°, elevation 379 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).