Davos weather in May

In May, Davos sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 140 mm of precipitation across 19.6 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Davos's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Davos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 140 mm; 19.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 4:52 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.5; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.2 µg/m³ · 2020

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical May day in Davos reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	10	1
19	10	1
20	10	1
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	10	1
24	11	1
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	11	2
29	11	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

How May really feels in Davos

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Davos 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-5° / -13°	81	12.7	13.9	8.8	0.0
Feb	-3° / -12°	69	12	13.2	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -8°	86	14.1	14.9	11.6	0.0
Apr	5° / -4°	103	15.2	12.9	13.3	0.2
May	9° / 1°	140	19.6	8.9	14.8	1.5
Jun	14° / 4°	162	20	3.3	15.6	3.1
Jul	16° / 6°	156	19	1.3	15.3	4.0
Aug	15° / 6°	166	18.2	1	14	3.9
Sep	12° / 2°	111	13.7	4.6	12.4	2.7
Oct	7° / -1°	104	12	7.2	10.6	1.0
Nov	1° / -7°	116	13.6	13.3	9.2	0.0
Dec	-4° / -12°	85	13.1	14.2	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	34	34	35	35	34	33	33
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	69	69	69	69	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	66	66	65	66	66	65	65	66	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Davos gets around 140 mm of rain and snow over 19.6 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 64% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70
Snow chance (%)	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	35
2	58	35
3	58	34
4	59	34
5	59	34
6	59	33
7	60	33
8	60	32
9	60	32
10	61	32
11	62	32
12	62	32
13	63	31
14	64	31
15	65	31
16	65	31
17	66	31
18	66	30
19	66	30
20	66	29
21	66	28
22	67	27
23	67	26
24	67	25
25	67	24
26	68	23
27	68	22
28	68	21
29	69	20
30	69	19
31	70	18

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:44	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:38
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.1	5:14	7:22
2	14.2	5:12	7:23
3	14.2	5:11	7:25
4	14.3	5:09	7:26
5	14.3	5:08	7:27
6	14.4	5:06	7:29
7	14.4	5:05	7:30
8	14.5	5:03	7:31
9	14.5	5:02	7:33
10	14.6	5:00	7:34
11	14.6	4:59	7:35
12	14.7	4:57	7:36
13	14.7	4:56	7:38
14	14.7	4:55	7:39
15	14.8	4:53	7:40
16	14.8	4:52	7:42
17	14.9	4:51	7:43
18	14.9	4:50	7:44
19	14.9	4:49	7:45
20	15.0	4:48	7:46
21	15.0	4:47	7:48
22	15.1	4:45	7:49
23	15.1	4:44	7:50
24	15.1	4:44	7:51
25	15.2	4:43	7:52
26	15.2	4:42	7:53
27	15.2	4:41	7:54
28	15.3	4:40	7:55
29	15.3	4:39	7:56
30	15.3	4:38	7:57
31	15.3	4:38	7:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.75 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Davos?

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

1.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Davos.

What to pack for Davos in May

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

In May, Davos sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Davos in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Davos peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	6	7	8	9	10	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Davos?

Davos sits at 46.8°N, 9.8°E, 0 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Chur, 24 km away.

Topography around Davos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Davos has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,149 m around an average of 1,892 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,434 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,742 m.

The land around Davos is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (41%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,149 m

trees 46%

16 km

2,434 m

grassland 50%

80 km

3,742 m

grassland 40%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← April Davos year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Chur 24 km · St. Moritz 34 km · Bludenz 39 km · Vaduz 44 km · Feldkirch 51 km · Hohenems 63 km · Dornbirn 68 km · Lustenau 70 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 112% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $114,769; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 564
Religion

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 Davos (46.8043°, 9.8372°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	10	1
19	10	1
20	10	1
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	10	1
24	11	1
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	11	2
29	11	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	35
2	58	35
3	58	34
4	59	34
5	59	34
6	59	33
7	60	33
8	60	32
9	60	32
10	61	32
11	62	32
12	62	32
13	63	31
14	64	31
15	65	31
16	65	31
17	66	31
18	66	30
19	66	30
20	66	29
21	66	28
22	67	27
23	67	26
24	67	25
25	67	24
26	68	23
27	68	22
28	68	21
29	69	20
30	69	19
31	70	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	10	1
19	10	1
20	10	1
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	10	1
24	11	1
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	11	2
29	11	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	35
2	58	35
3	58	34
4	59	34
5	59	34
6	59	33
7	60	33
8	60	32
9	60	32
10	61	32
11	62	32
12	62	32
13	63	31
14	64	31
15	65	31
16	65	31
17	66	31
18	66	30
19	66	30
20	66	29
21	66	28
22	67	27
23	67	26
24	67	25
25	67	24
26	68	23
27	68	22
28	68	21
29	69	20
30	69	19
31	70	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	10	1
19	10	1
20	10	1
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	10	1
24	11	1
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	11	2
29	11	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	35
2	58	35
3	58	34
4	59	34
5	59	34
6	59	33
7	60	33
8	60	32
9	60	32
10	61	32
11	62	32
12	62	32
13	63	31
14	64	31
15	65	31
16	65	31
17	66	31
18	66	30
19	66	30
20	66	29
21	66	28
22	67	27
23	67	26
24	67	25
25	67	24
26	68	23
27	68	22
28	68	21
29	69	20
30	69	19
31	70	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100