Leutkirch weather in May

In May, Leutkirch sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 155 mm of precipitation across 16.9 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Leutkirch's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leutkirch's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
155 mm
16.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:48 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
65%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Leutkirch is principal place of the municipality of Leutkirch im Allgäu in Baden-Württemberg, 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 Leutkirch reaches about 17°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 10°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)
1166
2166
3167
4167
5167
6167
7167
8167
9167
10167
11167
12178
13178
14178
15178
16178
17178
18178
19178
20178
21188
22189
23189
24189
25189
26189
27189
28189
291910
301910
311910

How May really feels in Leutkirch

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.

Leutkirch 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 / -3°10513.19.18.60.0
Feb / -3°9411.88.69.90.0
Mar / 11315.37.311.61.5
Apr13° / 10314.53.513.43.2
May17° / 15516.90.314.94.6
Jun20° / 11°15316.2015.75.4
Jul22° / 13°15716015.45.9
Aug22° / 13°14514.9014.16.0
Sep17° / 11612.80.112.45.2
Oct13° / 9812.11.110.63.3
Nov / 10812.65.59.10.9
Dec / -2°11714.89.48.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43565
53565
63565
73664
83664
93664
103664
113763
123763
133763
143961
153961
163961
174060
184060
194159
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224258
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274258
284357
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Leutkirch gets around 155 mm of rain and snow over 16.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1543
2553
3553
4562
5562
6562
7562
8562
9562
10562
11552
12552
13552
14552
15551
16541
17541
18541
19531
20531
21531
22531
23520
24520
25520
26530
27530
28530
29540
30540
31550

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
14991
15991
16991
17991
18982
19982
20973
21964
22964
23955
24946
25937
26937
27928
28919
299010
308911
318812

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 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 5:11 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 8:02 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:117:23
214.35:097:25
314.35:077:26
414.45:067:28
514.45:047:29
614.55:037:31
714.55:017:32
814.64:597:33
914.64:587:35
1014.74:577:36
1114.74:557:37
1214.84:547:39
1314.84:527:40
1414.84:517:41
1514.94:507:43
1614.94:487:44
1715.04:477:45
1815.04:467:47
1915.14:457:48
2015.14:437:49
2115.14:427:50
2215.24:417:52
2315.24:407:53
2415.24:397:54
2515.34:387:55
2615.34:377:56
2715.44:367:57
2815.44:357:58
2915.44:358:00
3015.44:348:01
3115.54:338:02

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Leutkirch?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Leutkirch for sightseeing.

What to pack for Leutkirch in May

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

In May, Leutkirch sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Leutkirch in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Leutkirch peaks around July 15 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Leutkirch?

Leutkirch sits at 47.8°N, 10.0°E, 655 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Wangen, 21 km away.

Topography around Leutkirch

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leutkirch has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 671 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,509 m.

The land around Leutkirch is covered by grassland (43%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
545 m
80 km
2,509 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Wangen 21 km · Memmingen 21 km · Bad Waldsee 22 km · Kempten (Allgäu) 25 km · Weingarten 29 km · Ravensburg 31 km · Biberach an der Riß 34 km · Tettnang 37 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 Leutkirch (47.8267°, 10.0205°, elevation 655 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).