Schweinfurt weather in May

In May, Schweinfurt sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 15.1 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 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Schweinfurt's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Schweinfurt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:40 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
67%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Schweinfurt is main settlement of Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Germany.

Air quality
Good
PM10 17.2 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Schweinfurt reaches about 18°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 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Schweinfurt

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.

Schweinfurt 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 / -2°61124.78.30.0
Feb / -1°5010.14.39.70.1
Mar / 5812.2211.51.7
Apr14° / 4910.20.413.54.0
May18° / 6711.9015.15.5
Jun21° / 12°6611.6016.16.2
Jul24° / 14°7313015.76.4
Aug23° / 13°6311.1014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°5710012.45.8
Oct13° / 5910.90.110.53.5
Nov / 6111.31.78.80.8
Dec / -1°7113.24.97.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23763
33763
43664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Schweinfurt gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 40% 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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29910
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119820
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139730
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199550
209460
219361
229271
239181
249091
2589101
2688111
2785132
2884142
2983152
3081163
3180173

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 8:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:047:28
214.55:037:30
314.55:017:31
414.64:597:33
514.64:577:34
614.74:567:36
714.74:547:38
814.84:527:39
914.84:517:41
1014.94:497:42
1114.94:477:44
1215.04:467:45
1315.04:447:46
1415.14:437:48
1515.14:417:49
1615.24:407:51
1715.24:387:52
1815.34:377:54
1915.34:367:55
2015.44:357:56
2115.44:337:58
2215.44:327:59
2315.54:318:00
2415.54:308:02
2515.64:298:03
2615.64:288:04
2715.64:278:05
2815.74:268:07
2915.74:258:08
3015.84:248:09
3115.84:238:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Schweinfurt?

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
2.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Schweinfurt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Schweinfurt in May

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

In May, Schweinfurt sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Schweinfurt 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 Schweinfurt peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Schweinfurt?

Schweinfurt sits at 50.0°N, 10.2°E, 250 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Kissingen, 20 km away.

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Topography around Schweinfurt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schweinfurt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 237 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 877 m.

The land around Schweinfurt is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
139 m
16 km
244 m
80 km
877 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bad Kissingen 20 km · Bad Neustadt an der Saale 30 km · Karlstadt 34 km · Würzburg 34 km · Kitzingen 35 km · Lohr am Main 47 km · Bamberg 51 km · Coburg 58 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 Schweinfurt (50.0494°, 10.2218°, elevation 250 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).