Borssele weather in May

In May, Borssele sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 57 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°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 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Borssele's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Borssele's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
5:01 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Borssele is village in Borsele, Netherlands.

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 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Borssele reaches about 17°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 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1158
2158
3169
4169
5169
6169
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10169
11169
12169
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How May really feels in Borssele

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.

Borssele weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6012.20.78.10.5
Feb / 5110.71.19.60.8
Mar10° / 5111.20.511.52.1
Apr13° / 4510.4013.53.7
May17° / 10°5711.7015.35.1
Jun19° / 13°6010.6016.35.9
Jul22° / 15°7212.5015.96.2
Aug22° / 15°7212.3014.46.2
Sep19° / 12°6211.4012.45.6
Oct15° / 6712.6010.44.0
Nov10° / 6713.30.38.62.0
Dec / 7313.70.97.70.8

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43862
53862
63862
74159
84159
94159
104159
114159
124060
134159
144159
154159
164159
174060
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214159
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313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Borssele gets around 57 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
339
439
539
638
738
838
937
1037
1137
1237
1337
1437
1538
1638
1738
1838
1938
2039
2139
2239
2338
2438
2538
2638
2737
2837
2937
3037
3137

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 (%)
19820
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99550
109550
119460
129460
139460
149370
159370
169370
179271
189181
199181
209091
219091
2289101
2387112
2486122
2585132
2684142
2783152
2881163
2980173
3078193
3177203

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 4:43 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 8:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:277:58
214.65:258:00
314.65:238:01
414.75:218:03
514.85:198:05
614.85:178:06
714.95:158:08
814.95:148:09
915.05:128:11
1015.05:108:13
1115.15:098:14
1215.15:078:16
1315.25:058:17
1415.35:048:19
1515.35:028:20
1615.45:018:22
1715.44:598:23
1815.54:588:25
1915.54:568:26
2015.54:558:28
2115.64:548:29
2215.64:528:31
2315.74:518:32
2415.74:508:33
2515.84:498:35
2615.84:488:36
2715.84:478:37
2815.94:468:39
2915.94:458:40
3016.04:448:41
3116.04:438:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.1Bright
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95.1Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Borssele?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Borssele for sightseeing.

What to pack for Borssele in May

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

In May, Borssele sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Borssele in May

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Borssele 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 Borssele peaks around June 21 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Borssele?

Borssele sits at 51.4°N, 3.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Vlissingen, 11 km away.

EekloMaldegemStekeneKnokke-Heist

Topography around Borssele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Borssele has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Borssele is covered by water (45%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and water (31%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
262 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Vlissingen 11 km · Terneuzen 12 km · Middelburg 12 km · Goes 14 km · Eeklo 29 km · Maldegem 31 km · Stekene 32 km · Knokke-Heist 33 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 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 Borssele (51.4233°, 3.7347°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).