Kittilä Weather in May
Kittilä in May
The short of it: Kittilä in May averages a high of 10 °C (49 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 20 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 0° · rain 38 mm · daylight 20 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Kittilä brings afternoons near 10° and nights around 0°, with about 38 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 10°, with nights near 0°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 7th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 20 h 2 min in mid-May, 272 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kittilä runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Levi, 16 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Kittilä, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–May
- Daylight, mid-month
- 20 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h