Climate · Frankfurt

Frankfurt in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Frankfurt is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Frankfurt is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
15h 25mon average

Is May a good time to visit Frankfurt?


A good month, just outside Frankfurt's best months, which run from June to September.

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 69°F in May, against 43°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against 6°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in May, against 31% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in May, against 48% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

15h 25m in May, against 8h 08m to 16h 18m 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. April61°16°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May69°21°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June76°24°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Frankfurt sits, in May

Europe/Berlin

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:40 AMsets 9:03 PM
Above the sea
100 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Munich304 km south-east

The land around Frankfurt, 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 Frankfurt. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.