Wolfratshausen weather in May

In May, Wolfratshausen sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 126 mm of precipitation across 16.1 wet days and about 14.9 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 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Wolfratshausen's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wolfratshausen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
126 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:42 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Wolfratshausen 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 Wolfratshausen reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°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)
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2177
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How May really feels in Wolfratshausen

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.

Wolfratshausen 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 / -3°6811.77.28.60.0
Feb / -2°5810.96.99.90.1
Mar / 7813.55.111.61.7
Apr14° / 7812.82.113.43.7
May18° / 12616.10.114.95.0
Jun21° / 12°13016015.75.6
Jul23° / 14°12715.2015.46.1
Aug23° / 14°12214.7014.16.2
Sep18° / 10°9912.9012.45.4
Oct13° / 7812.20.510.63.6
Nov / 7111.13.991.0
Dec / -1°7312.67.18.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 (%)
13763
23763
33664
43664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Wolfratshausen gets around 126 mm of rain and snow over 16.1 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 51% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1482
2492
3501
4511
5511
6521
7521
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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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199640
209550
219460
229370
239280
2490100
2589110
2687121
2785141
2884151
2982171
3081181
3179201

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
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109calm
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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 5:05 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:057:18
214.35:037:20
314.35:027:21
414.45:007:22
514.44:587:24
614.54:577:25
714.54:557:27
814.64:547:28
914.64:527:29
1014.74:517:31
1114.74:497:32
1214.84:487:33
1314.84:467:35
1414.94:457:36
1514.94:447:37
1614.94:427:39
1715.04:417:40
1815.04:407:41
1915.14:397:43
2015.14:387:44
2115.14:367:45
2215.24:357:46
2315.24:347:47
2415.34:337:49
2515.34:327:50
2615.34:317:51
2715.44:307:52
2815.44:297:53
2915.44:297:54
3015.54:287:55
3115.54:277:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Wolfratshausen?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Wolfratshausen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wolfratshausen in May

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

In May, Wolfratshausen sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Wolfratshausen 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 Wolfratshausen peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Wolfratshausen 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 Wolfratshausen is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1615 µg/m³Nov 139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Wolfratshausen?

Wolfratshausen sits at 47.9°N, 11.4°E, 578 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Geretsried, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Wolfratshausen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wolfratshausen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 623 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,543 m.

The land around Wolfratshausen is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
261 m
80 km
2,543 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Geretsried 8.0 km · Starnberg 11 km · Gauting 18 km · Penzberg 18 km · Bad Tölz 20 km · Taufkirchen 21 km · Holzkirchen 21 km · Weilheim 21 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 Wolfratshausen (47.9129°, 11.4217°, elevation 578 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).