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Interlaken in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Interlaken is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Interlaken is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
15h 01mon average

Is May a good time to visit Interlaken?

May sits outside Interlaken's best months, which run from June to September. 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 65°F in May, against 43°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 6°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in May, against 46% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 45% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

15h 01m in May, against 8h 37m to 15h 47m 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. April57°14°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May65°18°low 41°low 5°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 50°low 10°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Interlaken sits, in May

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:55 AMsets 8:54 PM
Above the sea
570 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Wengen10 km south-east

The land around Interlaken, 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 Interlaken

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Interlaken. 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 (570 m) against the climate model's (1,314 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 (570 m) against the climate model's (1,314 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.