Kreuzlingen weather in May

In May, Kreuzlingen sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 119 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°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 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 Kreuzlingen's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kreuzlingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
119 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:52 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Kreuzlingen is human settlement in Switzerland.

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kreuzlingen reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°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)
1169
2169
3169
4169
5179
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How May really feels in Kreuzlingen

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.

Kreuzlingen 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 / -1°71125.98.70.0
Feb / -1°62115.99.90.1
Mar / 7813.7411.61.7
Apr14° / 8012.81.213.33.6
May18° / 10°11915.5014.95.0
Jun21° / 14°12315.3015.75.7
Jul23° / 16°13115.2015.46.2
Aug23° / 15°12014.3014.16.2
Sep18° / 12°9412.2012.45.5
Oct13° / 8311.80.310.63.5
Nov / 8312.12.99.11.0
Dec / -0°8513.768.30.0

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43664
53664
63664
73664
83664
93763
103763
113763
123763
133763
143862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kreuzlingen gets around 119 mm of rain over 15.5 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 50% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
150
251
352
453
553
653
754
854
953
1053
1153
1253
1352
1452
1552
1651
1751
1850
1949
2048
2148
2247
2347
2446
2546
2646
2746
2846
2947
3048
3148

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 90% 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
69730
79730
89730
99640
109640
119640
129640
139550
149550
159460
169460
179370
189370
199181
209091
2189101
2288111
2386131
2485141
2584151
2681172
2780182
2878202
2976213
3075223
3172244

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
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
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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 5:15 AM to 4:37 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 8:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:157:26
214.25:137:28
314.35:117:29
414.45:107:31
514.45:087:32
614.45:067:33
714.55:057:35
814.55:037:36
914.65:027:38
1014.65:007:39
1114.74:597:40
1214.74:587:42
1314.84:567:43
1414.84:557:44
1514.94:547:46
1614.94:527:47
1715.04:517:48
1815.04:507:49
1915.04:497:51
2015.14:477:52
2115.14:467:53
2215.24:457:54
2315.24:447:56
2415.24:437:57
2515.34:427:58
2615.34:417:59
2715.34:408:00
2815.44:398:01
2915.44:398:02
3015.44:388:03
3115.54:378:04

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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34.9Bright
44.9Bright
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kreuzlingen?

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
1.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kreuzlingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kreuzlingen in May

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

In May, Kreuzlingen sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kreuzlingen 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 Kreuzlingen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kreuzlingen?

Kreuzlingen sits at 47.7°N, 9.2°E, 414 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Konstanz, 1.0 km away.

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Topography around Kreuzlingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kreuzlingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 435 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 349 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,629 m.

The land around Kreuzlingen is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (32%), water (24%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
349 m
80 km
2,629 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Konstanz 1.0 km · Petershausen-West 3.0 km · Überlingen 13 km · Radolfzell 18 km · Friedrichshafen 23 km · Frauenfeld 23 km · Wil 23 km · Stockach 26 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
Roman Catholic 34%none 29%Protestant 23%other Christian 6%

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 Kreuzlingen (47.6505°, 9.175°, elevation 414 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).