Bensheim climate

Bensheim Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Bensheim, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 22°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bensheim, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CMay 29, 2017
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 12, 2020
Daylight
14 h 40 min to 15 h 59 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
13.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 117°C7°C26°C 20052°C 200640%
May 217°C7°C25°C 20052°C 199141%
May 318°C7°C24°C 20062°C 199142%
May 418°C7°C24°C 20030°C 201142%
May 518°C7°C28°C 20031°C 201941%
May 618°C7°C25°C 19951°C 199141%
May 718°C7°C24°C 20112°C 199742%
May 818°C7°C24°C 20113°C 199141%
May 918°C7°C25°C 20022°C 199141%
May 1018°C7°C27°C 19981°C 200542%
May 1118°C8°C28°C 20122°C 202042%
May 1219°C8°C28°C 1998-2°C 202044%
May 1319°C8°C28°C 19983°C 201944%
May 1419°C8°C27°C 19922°C 201946%
May 1519°C8°C26°C 19921°C 199546%
May 1619°C8°C27°C 19923°C 200346%
May 1719°C8°C26°C 20173°C 201244%
May 1819°C8°C24°C 20112°C 199144%
May 1919°C9°C25°C 20112°C 200544%
May 2020°C9°C27°C 20143°C 199544%
May 2120°C9°C28°C 20074°C 201543%
May 2220°C9°C28°C 20144°C 200442%
May 2320°C9°C27°C 20123°C 201342%
May 2420°C9°C28°C 20072°C 201342%
May 2520°C9°C29°C 20093°C 201341%
May 2621°C10°C30°C 19935°C 200241%
May 2721°C10°C30°C 20054°C 200441%
May 2821°C10°C31°C 20054°C 199741%
May 2921°C10°C31°C 20175°C 199640%
May 3021°C10°C30°C 20113°C 200742%
May 3122°C10°C28°C 19964°C 200642%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Bensheim, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:03 AM, sunset 8:43 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:24 AM, sunset 9:23 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.