When to go · Berlin
Berlin in May
Great month. Pleasant; May 1 events close streets.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 19° / 9°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Medium
- Germany overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Germany overall
Verdict
Pleasant; May 1 events close streets.
Weather in May
- BerlinHighs around 19 °C, lows around 9 °C, rain on about 10 days
- Berlin and the east, Germany · Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Brandenburg lakesbest weather
Continental: cold dry winters (around 0 °C), warm summers with 30 °C spells; lake swimming from June.
Spring season
Mild, parks and beer gardens reopen; a comfortable walking season.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Carnival of Cultures (Karneval der Kulturen)
Whitsun weekend · Kreuzberg
A multi-day parade and street festival in Kreuzberg over the Whitsun weekend.
Labour Day and Myfest
May 1
Streets in Kreuzberg close; shops shut.
Labour Day
1 May · Germany
Shops closed; demonstrations in Berlin; beer-garden season opens.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Germany overall
- Medium
- Prices · Germany overall
- Medium
Germany overall: Beer gardens open; holiday Thursdays (Ascension, Corpus Christi) make long weekends that fill trains.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast