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Berchtesgaden in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Berchtesgaden is mild: highs near 60°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Berchtesgaden is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 70% of days
Daylight
15h 07mon average

Is May a good time to visit Berchtesgaden?


May sits outside Berchtesgaden's best months, which run from July to August. Expect mild days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in May, against 36°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in May, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

70% of days in May, against 45% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in May, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

15h 07m in May, against 8h 29m to 15h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April51°11°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May60°16°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June68°20°low 46°low 8°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Berchtesgaden sits, in May

Europe/Berlin

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:31 AMsets 8:37 PM
Above the sea
1,000 mupland
Latitude
47.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Munich120 km north-west

The land around Berchtesgaden, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Germany in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Berchtesgaden. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.