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Gstaad in May

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Gstaad is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 5 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Gstaad is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 5 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
14h 59mon average

Is May a good time to visit Gstaad?

May sits outside Gstaad's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool 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 59°F in May, against 37°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in May, against 3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in May, against 45% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in May, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

14h 59m in May, against 8h 38m to 15h 45m 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.

Either side

  1. April52°11°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May59°15°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June68°20°low 43°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Gstaad sits, in May

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:58 AMsets 8:56 PM
Above the sea
1,053 mupland
Latitude
46.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Crans24 km south-east

The land around Gstaad, 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 Switzerland in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Gstaad

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gstaad. 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 (1,053 m) against the climate model's (1,646 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 (1,053 m) against the climate model's (1,646 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.