Würzburg weather in May

In May, Würzburg sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 68 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Würzburg's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Würzburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:42 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

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

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.4 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 Würzburg 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 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Würzburg

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.

Würzburg weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°57124.18.40.0
Feb / -1°4810.249.80.1
Mar / 5711.61.711.51.9
Apr14° / 479.50.213.54.2
May19° / 6811.8015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°6311.50166.3
Jul24° / 14°6411.9015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°5610.4014.26.8
Sep19° / 10°539.8012.46.0
Oct13° / 5710.80.110.53.6
Nov / 5810.91.38.81.0
Dec / -0°6613.14.380.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23862
33763
43763
53763
63862
73763
83763
93763
103763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Würzburg gets around 68 mm of rain over 11.8 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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639
739
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1339
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1539
1639
1739
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1938
2038
2138
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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59820
69820
79820
89820
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109820
119730
129730
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149730
159640
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189550
199460
209370
219181
229091
2389101
2488111
2587121
2685132
2784142
2883152
2980173
3079183
3178193

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 42 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 5:06 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 8:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:067:29
214.45:047:30
314.55:037:32
414.55:017:33
514.64:597:35
614.64:577:36
714.74:567:38
814.84:547:39
914.84:527:41
1014.94:517:42
1114.94:497:44
1215.04:487:45
1315.04:467:47
1415.14:457:48
1515.14:437:50
1615.24:427:51
1715.24:417:52
1815.24:397:54
1915.34:387:55
2015.34:377:57
2115.44:357:58
2215.44:347:59
2315.54:338:00
2415.54:328:02
2515.54:318:03
2615.64:308:04
2715.64:298:05
2815.64:288:07
2915.74:278:08
3015.74:268:09
3115.74:258:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Würzburg?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Würzburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Würzburg in May

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

In May, Würzburg sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Würzburg 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 Würzburg 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Würzburg?

Würzburg sits at 49.8°N, 10.0°E, 204 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kitzingen, 16 km away.

Topography around Würzburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Würzburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m around an average of 230 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 845 m.

The land around Würzburg is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
191 m
16 km
253 m
80 km
845 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kitzingen 16 km · Karlstadt 23 km · Lauda-Königshofen 31 km · Wertheim 32 km · Schweinfurt 34 km · Lohr am Main 35 km · Bad Mergentheim 36 km · Bad Kissingen 46 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 Würzburg (49.7939°, 9.9512°, elevation 204 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).