Nootdorp weather in May

In May, Nootdorp sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 61 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 15.4 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 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nootdorp's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nootdorp's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:56 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Nootdorp is town in South Holland, the 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 Nootdorp reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 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
2168
3168
4168
5168
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10169
11169
12179
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How May really feels in Nootdorp

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.

Nootdorp 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 / 6212.20.98.10.4
Feb / 5210.81.49.60.7
Mar10° / 5311.30.611.52.0
Apr13° / 4810.9013.63.7
May17° / 6111.5015.45.2
Jun19° / 12°6411.1016.45.8
Jul22° / 14°7913.40166.1
Aug22° / 14°7913.1014.46.1
Sep18° / 12°6912.2012.45.5
Oct14° / 6812.7010.43.9
Nov10° / 6613.50.38.51.9
Dec / 7113.51.17.60.7

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 (%)
13763
23763
33763
43862
53862
63961
74060
84060
94060
104159
114159
124258
134258
144258
154258
164159
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213961
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313664

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nootdorp gets around 61 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
141
241
340
440
539
639
738
838
937
1037
1136
1236
1336
1436
1536
1636
1736
1836
1936
2036
2136
2237
2337
2437
2537
2637
2737
2837
2938
3038
3139

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49820
59730
69730
79730
89640
99640
109640
119550
129550
139451
149361
159361
169271
179271
189181
199181
209091
2189101
2288111
2386122
2485132
2584142
2683152
2781163
2880173
2979183
3077194
3176204

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
1215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 4:37 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 8:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:227:57
214.65:207:59
314.75:188:00
414.85:168:02
514.85:148:04
614.95:138:06
714.95:118:07
815.05:098:09
915.15:078:10
1015.15:058:12
1115.25:048:14
1215.25:028:15
1315.35:008:17
1415.34:598:19
1515.44:578:20
1615.44:568:22
1715.54:548:23
1815.54:538:25
1915.64:518:26
2015.64:508:28
2115.74:488:29
2215.74:478:31
2315.84:468:32
2415.84:458:33
2515.94:438:35
2615.94:428:36
2715.94:418:38
2816.04:408:39
2916.04:398:40
3016.14:388:41
3116.14:378:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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55.1Bright
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
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305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nootdorp?

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
1.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nootdorp for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nootdorp in May

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

In May, Nootdorp sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nootdorp 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 5°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
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Nootdorp 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 Nootdorp 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 December 21 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 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nootdorp?

Nootdorp sits at 52.0°N, 4.4°E, -3 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Ypenburg, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Nootdorp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nootdorp has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of -1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m.

The land around Nootdorp is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), grassland (31%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (32%), grassland (29%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (34%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
99 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Ypenburg 2.0 km · Pijnacker 4.0 km · Voorburg 4.0 km · Rijswijk 5.0 km · Delft 5.0 km · Zoetermeer 7.0 km · The Hague 8.0 km · Berkel en Rodenrijs 8.0 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 Nootdorp (52.045°, 4.3958°, elevation -3 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).