Goes weather in May

In May, Goes sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.9 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 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Goes's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
5:00 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover
65%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Goes is city in Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Density
2,400/km²
people per km²
Founded
1405

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Goes reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°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)
1168
2168
3168
4168
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How May really feels in Goes

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.

Goes 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 / 6112.20.88.10.5
Feb / 5311.11.29.60.7
Mar10° / 5311.20.511.52.2
Apr14° / 4710.8013.53.8
May17° / 10°6011.9015.35.2
Jun20° / 13°6310.8016.35.9
Jul22° / 15°7512.9015.96.2
Aug22° / 15°7412.6014.46.2
Sep19° / 12°6111.2012.45.7
Oct15° / 6412.5010.44.0
Nov10° / 66130.48.62.0
Dec / 7313.60.97.70.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43466
53565
63565
73565
83664
93664
103763
113565
123664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Goes gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
340
439
539
638
738
838
937
1037
1137
1237
1337
1438
1538
1638
1738
1838
1939
2039
2139
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2439
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2639
2739
2839
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3039
3140

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
179280
189181
199091
2089101
2189101
2288111
2387121
2485132
2584142
2683152
2782162
2880173
2979183
3078193
3177203

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light 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 5:26 AM to 4:42 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)
114.55:267:58
214.65:247:59
314.65:228:01
414.75:208:03
514.85:188:04
614.85:168:06
714.95:158:07
814.95:138:09
915.05:118:11
1015.05:098:12
1115.15:088:14
1215.25:068:15
1315.25:048:17
1415.35:038:19
1515.35:018:20
1615.45:008:22
1715.44:588:23
1815.54:578:25
1915.54:558:26
2015.64:548:28
2115.64:538:29
2215.64:518:30
2315.74:508:32
2415.74:498:33
2515.84:488:34
2615.84:478:36
2715.94:468:37
2815.94:458:38
2915.94:448:40
3016.04:438:41
3116.04:428:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
75.0Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.1Bright
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Goes?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Goes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Goes in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Goes 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 23 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 Goes 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 Goes peaks around June 22 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 22UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Goes?

Goes sits at 51.5°N, 3.9°E, 4 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Borssele, 14 km away.

MiddelburgVlissingenBergen op ZoomSteenbergenMiddelharnisStekene

Topography around Goes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goes 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, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m.

The land around Goes is covered by cropland (32%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (40%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and water (31%), cropland (23%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
136 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Borssele 14 km · Middelburg 19 km · Terneuzen 19 km · Vlissingen 23 km · Bergen op Zoom 28 km · Steenbergen 31 km · Middelharnis 34 km · Stekene 34 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 Goes (51.5042°, 3.8889°, elevation 4 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).