Wittenberge weather in May

In May, Wittenberge sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-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 22% 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 Wittenberge's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wittenberge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:22 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.1 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 Wittenberge 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 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1177
2177
3177
4177
5177
6177
7178
8178
9178
10188
11188
12188
13188
14188
15188
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How May really feels in Wittenberge

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.

Wittenberge weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5411.43.17.90.0
Feb / -1°4110.13.49.50.1
Mar / 4910.9211.51.5
Apr14° / 399.10.313.64.0
May18° / 5510.4015.55.8
Jun21° / 12°6010.6016.66.2
Jul24° / 14°7612.5016.26.4
Aug23° / 14°6811.3014.56.5
Sep19° / 11°559.2012.45.9
Oct13° / 5110010.33.6
Nov / 46100.98.41.1
Dec / 5111.82.97.40.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24159
34159
44159
54258
64258
74159
84159
94159
104159
114159
124159
134060
144060
153961
163862
173862
183763
193664
203664
213565
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303763
313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wittenberge gets around 55 mm of rain over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
333
433
533
632
732
832
932
1033
1133
1233
1333
1433
1533
1633
1733
1833
1933
2034
2134
2234
2334
2435
2535
2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3136

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
69820
79820
89820
99820
109820
119730
129730
139730
149640
159640
169550
179550
189460
199460
209370
219271
229181
239181
249091
259091
2688102
2788102
2887112
2986113
3086113
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
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
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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 4:50 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 8:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:507:30
214.74:487:32
314.84:467:34
414.94:447:36
514.94:427:38
615.04:407:39
715.04:387:41
815.14:367:43
915.24:347:44
1015.24:337:46
1115.34:317:48
1215.34:297:50
1315.44:277:51
1415.54:267:53
1515.54:247:55
1615.64:227:56
1715.64:217:58
1815.74:197:59
1915.74:188:01
2015.84:168:02
2115.84:158:04
2215.94:138:06
2315.94:128:07
2416.04:118:08
2516.04:098:10
2616.14:088:11
2716.14:078:13
2816.14:068:14
2916.24:058:15
3016.24:048:17
3116.34:038:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.1Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Wittenberge?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Wittenberge for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wittenberge in May

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

In May, Wittenberge sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Wittenberge 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 Wittenberge peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Wittenberge?

Wittenberge sits at 53.0°N, 11.7°E, 22 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hansestadt Salzwedel, 43 km away.

WittstockRathenowNeuruppinSchwerinUelzen

Topography around Wittenberge

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wittenberge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Wittenberge is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), trees (31%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), trees (34%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Hansestadt Salzwedel 43 km · Stendal 44 km · Parchim 48 km · Wittstock 52 km · Rathenow 59 km · Neuruppin 71 km · Schwerin 73 km · Uelzen 79 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 Wittenberge (53.0001°, 11.7494°, elevation 22 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).