🇨🇭 Weather in Engelberg in May
This is what the weather in Engelberg (Obwalden, Switzerland) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
15.6 °C
12.5 °C – 17.8 °C
Avg. night-time low
7.1 °C
4.0 °C – 9.4 °C
Avg. rain days in period
19.4
63 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
144 mm
72.1 mm – 229 mm
Avg. cloud cover
74 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 26.7 °C (20 May 2022) · Lowest temperature -3.0 °C (6 May 2019) · Avg. daily peak wind 15 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 17Sunny
- 75Partly cloudy
- 24Cloudy
- 97Light rain
- 97Rain
Summary
- On average 15.6 °C during the day and 7.1 °C at night.
- On average 19.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Rain.
- Warmest year: 2022 (avg. 17.8 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 12.5 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (229 mm), driest: 2026 (72.1 mm).
- Extremes: 26.7 °C on 20 May 2022 and -3.0 °C on 6 May 2019.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max17.1°Avg. min8.2°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 72.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.6 °C · Min 1.1 °C
2025
Avg. max15.3°Avg. min7.2°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 142 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 73 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.4 °C · Min 2.3 °C
2024
Avg. max15.4°Avg. min7.4°- Rain days
- 26 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 229 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 85 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.1 °C · Min 3.3 °C
2023
Avg. max15.4°Avg. min7.6°- Rain days
- 22 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 165 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 80 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.2 °C · Min 3.6 °C
2022
Avg. max17.8°Avg. min9.4°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 98.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.7 °C · Min 3.7 °C
2021
Avg. max12.7°Avg. min4.0°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 165 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.2 °C · Min -0.4 °C
2020
Avg. max16.2°Avg. min6.4°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 119 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.5 °C · Min 0.5 °C
2019
Avg. max12.5°Avg. min4.0°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 179 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.6 °C · Min -3.0 °C
2018
Avg. max16.7°Avg. min8.9°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 133 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 82 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 22.8 °C · Min 3.5 °C
2017
Avg. max16.4°Avg. min7.6°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 139 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.1 °C · Min 0.7 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Engelberg in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 15.6 °C, night-time lows 7.1 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 26.7 °C (20 May 2022), the lowest -3.0 °C (6 May 2019).
- How often does it rain in Engelberg in May?
- On average there were 19.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)