Germany in May: where is it warmest?
In May, Halle (Saale) is the warmest place with 19 °C by day, Heligoland the coolest with 12 °C. 77 of 101 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in May, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halle (Saale) | 82 | 19° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Potsdam | 82 | 19° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Magdeburg | 81 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Tangermünde | 81 | 19° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Berlin | 80 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Leipzig | 80 | 19° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Cottbus | 80 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg | 80 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Dresden | 79 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Frankfurt | 79 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Mainz | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Karlsruhe | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Wiesbaden | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Worms | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Darmstadt | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Mannheim | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Heidelberg | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Aschaffenburg | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Würzburg | 76 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Nuremberg | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Bamberg | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Baden-Baden | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Erlangen | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Regensburg | 74 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Koblenz | 74 | 19° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Stuttgart | 72 | 19° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 71 | 19° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Passau | 71 | 19° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Havelberg | 82 | 18° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Wolfsburg | 80 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Jena | 78 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Lüneburg | 78 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Hanover | 77 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Quedlinburg | 77 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Brunswick | 77 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Erfurt | 76 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Görlitz | 76 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Weimar | 76 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Cologne | 75 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Münster | 75 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Bonn | 75 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Saarbrücken | 75 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Duisburg | 75 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Kaiserslautern | 75 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Hamburg | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Bremen | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Osnabrück | 74 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Essen | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Marburg | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Düsseldorf | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Trier | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Göttingen | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Bielefeld | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Tübingen | 72 | 18° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Kassel | 71 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Dortmund | 71 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Fulda | 71 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Wuppertal | 70 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber | 69 | 18° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Konstanz, Lake Constance | 68 | 18° | – | 7 h | 16 |
| Augsburg | 68 | 18° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Munich | 67 | 18° | – | 7 h | 16 |
| Ulm | 67 | 18° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Überlingen | 67 | 18° | – | 7 h | 16 |
| Rosenheim | 66 | 18° | – | 7 h | 16 |
| Berchtesgaden | 64 | 18° | – | 7 h | 17 |
| Schwerin | 76 | 17° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Rostock | 75 | 17° | 10° | 8 h | 12 |
| Lübeck | 74 | 17° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Spiesen-Elversberg | 74 | 17° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Oldenburg | 73 | 17° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Chemnitz | 70 | 17° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Goslar | 67 | 17° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Aachen | 65 | 17° | – | 6 h | 14 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 59 | 17° | – | 6 h | 19 |
| Wismar | 26 | 17° | 11° | 8 h | 11 |
| Greifswald | 26 | 17° | 12° | 8 h | 12 |
| Ueckermünde | 25 | 17° | 12° | 8 h | 11 |
| Timmendorfer Strand | 24 | 17° | 11° | 8 h | 11 |
| Wilhelmshaven | 23 | 17° | 12° | 7 h | 12 |
| Stade | 23 | 17° | 13° | 7 h | 12 |
| Kiel | 71 | 16° | 11° | 8 h | 11 |
| Monschau | 62 | 16° | – | 6 h | 15 |
| Oberstdorf | 57 | 16° | – | 5 h | 18 |
| Kühlungsborn | 27 | 16° | 11° | 8 h | 12 |
| Stralsund | 27 | 16° | 10° | 8 h | 12 |
| Heringsdorf, Usedom | 25 | 16° | 12° | 8 h | 11 |
| Flensburg | 25 | 16° | 11° | 8 h | 11 |
| Husum | 25 | 16° | 12° | 8 h | 12 |
| Eckernförde | 25 | 16° | 11° | 8 h | 11 |
| Bremerhaven | 22 | 16° | 12° | 7 h | 12 |
| Emden | 21 | 16° | 12° | 7 h | 12 |
| St. Peter-Ording | 25 | 15° | 12° | 8 h | 12 |
| Borkum | 25 | 15° | 11° | 8 h | 12 |
| Norderney | 24 | 15° | 11° | 8 h | 12 |
| Cuxhaven | 23 | 15° | 12° | 8 h | 13 |
| Fehmarn | 30 | 14° | 11° | 9 h | 10 |
| Binz, Rügen | 29 | 14° | 11° | 9 h | 11 |
| Westerland, Sylt | 28 | 14° | 11° | 8 h | 10 |
| Heligoland | 30 | 12° | 11° | 8 h | 9 |
Germany in May: quick answers
Germany in May: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in May are Halle (Saale) (19 °C), Potsdam (19 °C) and Magdeburg (19 °C).
Germany in May: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Stade (13 °C), Greifswald (12 °C) and Ueckermünde (12 °C).
Germany in May: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Halle (Saale), Potsdam and Havelberg.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences