Straubing weather in May

In May, Straubing sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 83 mm of rain across 13.3 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Straubing's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Straubing's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:35 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Straubing is main settlement of Straubing 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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Straubing 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)
1177
2177
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How May really feels in Straubing

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.

Straubing 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 / -3°6912.16.48.50.0
Feb / -2°5510.25.49.80.0
Mar / 6912.32.911.61.7
Apr14° / 5210.40.613.44.0
May19° / 8313.30155.5
Jun22° / 12°9213.5015.96.0
Jul24° / 14°9613.6015.56.4
Aug24° / 14°8712.4014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°7010.9012.45.8
Oct13° / 6611.10.210.53.5
Nov / 6311.13.18.90.8
Dec / -2°7413.76.48.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
33862
43862
53862
63763
73763
83763
93763
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113862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Straubing gets around 83 mm of rain over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
142
242
343
443
543
643
743
843
943
1043
1143
1243
1344
1444
1544
1644
1744
1844
1943
2043
2143
2243
2342
2442
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2642
2742
2843
2943
3044
3144

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49820
59820
69820
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109820
119820
129820
139730
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199550
209460
219370
229280
2389101
2488111
2587121
2685141
2784151
2882171
2980182
3079192
3178202

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
179calm
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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 4:58 AM to 4:19 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:587:16
214.44:567:17
314.44:547:19
414.54:537:20
514.54:517:22
614.64:497:23
714.64:487:25
814.74:467:26
914.74:457:28
1014.84:437:29
1114.84:427:30
1214.94:407:32
1314.94:397:33
1415.04:377:35
1515.04:367:36
1615.04:357:37
1715.14:337:39
1815.14:327:40
1915.24:317:41
2015.24:297:43
2115.34:287:44
2215.34:277:45
2315.34:267:46
2415.44:257:48
2515.44:247:49
2615.54:237:50
2715.54:227:51
2815.54:217:52
2915.64:207:53
3015.64:197:55
3115.64:197:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Straubing?

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
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Straubing for sightseeing.

What to pack for Straubing in May

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

In May, Straubing 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 Straubing 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 Straubing peaks around June 22 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 highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Straubing in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Straubing is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1515 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Straubing?

Straubing sits at 48.9°N, 12.6°E, 333 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Dingolfing, 27 km away.

LandshutVilshofenSchwandorf in Bayern

Topography around Straubing

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Straubing has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 326 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,185 m.

The land around Straubing is covered by cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
452 m
80 km
1,185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Dingolfing 27 km · Deggendorf 29 km · Regensburg 38 km · Cham 39 km · Landshut 49 km · Kelheim 50 km · Vilshofen 53 km · Schwandorf in Bayern 60 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 Straubing (48.8813°, 12.5739°, elevation 333 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).