Skagen Weather in May
Skagen in May
The short of it: Skagen in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 16 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 45 mm · daylight 16 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Skagen an average May high of 15°, a low of 8° and some 45 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 36 min in mid-May, 142 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Skagen runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ålbæk, 18 km to the SW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Skagen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÅlbækNorth Denmark | 18 km SW | 15° | 7° | 50 mm |
| StrandbyNorth Denmark | 26 km SSW | 15° | 7° | 48 mm |
| EllingNorth Denmark | 28 km SSW | 15° | 7° | 48 mm |
| Nørre BindslevNorth Denmark | 30 km SW | 15° | 7° | 53 mm |
| FrederikshavnNorth Denmark | 31 km S | 15° | 8° | 47 mm |
| SindalNorth Denmark | 36 km SW | 15° | 7° | 53 mm |
| HirtshalsNorth Denmark | 40 km WSW | 15° | 7° | 51 mm |
| SæbyNorth Denmark | 43 km S | 15° | 7° | 47 mm |