Schneverdingen weather in May

In May, Schneverdingen sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Schneverdingen's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Schneverdingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:30 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Schneverdingen 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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Schneverdingen reaches about 18°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 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)
1167
2167
3177
4177
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10178
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How May really feels in Schneverdingen

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.

Schneverdingen weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°6612.93.17.90.0
Feb / -0°5210.73.49.50.1
Mar / 5510.9211.51.5
Apr14° / 4810.60.313.63.8
May18° / 6311.3015.55.5
Jun21° / 11°6912.1016.65.9
Jul23° / 14°8513.6016.26.2
Aug23° / 13°7312.5014.56.3
Sep19° / 10°5810.2012.45.7
Oct13° / 6112010.33.5
Nov / 5611.80.88.41.1
Dec / 6612.62.77.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43763
53763
63664
73664
83565
93565
103565
113565
123565
133466
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Schneverdingen gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
438
537
637
736
836
935
1035
1135
1235
1335
1435
1535
1635
1735
1835
1936
2036
2136
2237
2337
2437
2537
2637
2738
2838
2938
3038
3138

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
89820
99820
109820
119820
129730
139730
149640
159640
169640
179550
189550
199550
209460
219460
229271
239271
249181
259091
268992
2788102
2888102
2986113
3085123
3185123

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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2912light breeze
3012calm
3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:57 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 8:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:577:39
214.84:557:40
314.84:537:42
414.94:517:44
514.94:497:46
615.04:477:48
715.14:457:49
815.14:447:51
915.24:427:53
1015.24:407:54
1115.34:387:56
1215.44:367:58
1315.44:358:00
1415.54:338:01
1515.54:318:03
1615.64:308:04
1715.64:288:06
1815.74:278:08
1915.74:258:09
2015.84:248:11
2115.84:228:12
2215.94:218:14
2315.94:198:15
2416.04:188:17
2516.04:178:18
2616.14:168:20
2716.14:148:21
2816.24:138:22
2916.24:128:24
3016.24:118:25
3116.34:108:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 4.96 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
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144.9Bright
154.9Bright
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175.0Bright
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215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Schneverdingen?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Schneverdingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Schneverdingen in May

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

In May, Schneverdingen sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Schneverdingen in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Schneverdingen peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Schneverdingen?

Schneverdingen sits at 53.1°N, 9.8°E, 103 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Soltau, 15 km away.

Topography around Schneverdingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schneverdingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Schneverdingen is covered by trees (41%), grassland (29%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (49%), cropland (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), cropland (33%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Soltau 15 km · Buchholz in der Nordheide 24 km · Munster 25 km · Rotenburg 26 km · Walsrode 31 km · Seevetal 33 km · Winsen 39 km · Eißendorf 39 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 Schneverdingen (53.1174°, 9.7924°, elevation 103 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).