Berlin in May

Pleasant; May 1 events close streets.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

No other month rates higher than May for Berlin in this guide.

• BerlinHighs around 19 °C (66 °F), lows around 9 °C (48 °F), rain on about 10 daysHighs around 66 °F (19 °C), lows around 48 °F (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 (32 °F)), warm summers with 30 °C (86 °F) spells; lake swimming from June.Continental: cold dry winters (around 32 °F (0 °C)), warm summers with 86 °F (30 °C) spells; lake swimming from June.

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 · Germany overall

Medium

Prices · Germany overall

Medium

Germany overall: Beer gardens open; holiday Thursdays (Ascension, Corpus Christi) make long weekends that fill trains.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Berlin, side by side.

• A warm layer for the evenings
• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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