Joutsa Weather in May
Joutsa in May
The short of it: Joutsa in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 17 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 36 mm · daylight 17 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
May in Joutsa brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 4°, with about 36 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 15°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 33 min in mid-May, 175 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Joutsa runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Hartola, 17 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Joutsa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HartolaPaijat-Hame | 17 km SSW | 16° | 5° | 36 mm |
| LeivonmäkiCentral Finland | 20 km N | 15° | 4° | 40 mm |
| LuhankaCentral Finland | 23 km WNW | 15° | 4° | 34 mm |
| PertunmaaSouth Savo | 32 km SE | 16° | 5° | 38 mm |
| SysmäPaijat-Hame | 35 km SW | 16° | 5° | 35 mm |
| HirvensalmiSouth Savo | 38 km ESE | 15° | 5° | 38 mm |
| KangasniemiSouth Savo | 40 km NE | 15° | 4° | 40 mm |
| ToivakkaCentral Finland | 41 km N | 15° | 4° | 39 mm |