Zürich May Weather

Averages and records for weather in Zürich, Switzerland in the month of May.
Typical Zürich May Weather
1991–2020
Average daily high 18.8 °C
Average daily low 9.1 °C
Average monthly precipitation 12.8 cm
Daily chance of precipitation 52.6%
Zürich May Weather Records
1901–2024
Highest temperature 32.4 °C May 26, 1931
Lowest temperature -2.0 °C May 4, 1941
Highest daily low 18.2 °C May 28, 2008
Lowest daily high 4.0 °C May 11, 1910
Hottest average high temperature 23.3 °C 1917
Coldest average high temperature 13.6 °C 1902
Most daily precipitation 9.4 cm May 12, 1999
Most monthly precipitation 28.7 cm 1999
Note: Daily averages are a moving average which includes 14 days before and after
Day Average (°C) Record (°C)
High Low High Low
May 1 17.0 7.4 29.6 -1.9
May 2 17.2 7.5 26.9 -1.0
May 3 17.4 7.6 27.7 -1.2
May 4 17.5 7.8 27.5 -2.0
May 5 17.6 8.0 26.9 -0.1
May 6 17.7 8.1 28.8 -0.3
May 7 17.7 8.1 29.8 -0.6
May 8 17.8 8.2 28.8 -1.5
May 9 17.9 8.3 27.9 -0.2
May 10 18.0 8.4 30.7 -0.3
May 11 18.1 8.5 31.4 -1.5
May 12 18.3 8.7 31.5 -0.5
May 13 18.4 8.8 31.2 0.6
May 14 18.5 8.9 31.3 1.7
May 15 18.6 9.0 29.4 0.4
May 16 18.8 9.1 29.5 1.1
May 17 18.9 9.2 30.9 1.2
May 18 19.0 9.3 31.0 0.7
May 19 19.2 9.4 28.9 1.9
May 20 19.4 9.6 30.4 0.2
May 21 19.5 9.7 30.6 1.4
May 22 19.6 9.9 29.7 2.5
May 23 19.7 10.0 31.6 0.4
May 24 19.8 10.0 31.5 0.2
May 25 19.9 10.1 32.0 2.3
May 26 19.9 10.2 32.4 2.5
May 27 20.1 10.3 31.8 3.1
May 28 20.2 10.5 31.8 4.1
May 29 20.3 10.6 30.2 0.5
May 30 20.5 10.7 31.4 1.4
May 31 20.6 10.9 31.0 3.4
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1901–2024 Zürich / Fluntern location