Malax Weather in May
Malax in May
The short of it: Malax in May averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 17 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 4° · rain 34 mm · daylight 17 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Malax brings afternoons near 13° and nights around 4°, with about 34 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 13°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 34 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 55 min in mid-May, 188 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Malax runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Hietalahti, 16 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Malax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HietalahtiOstrobothnia | 16 km N | 13° | 4° | 35 mm |
| VaasaOstrobothnia | 17 km N | 13° | 4° | 35 mm |
| RistinummiOstrobothnia | 18 km NNE | 13° | 4° | 36 mm |
| TeeriniemiOstrobothnia | 18 km NNE | 13° | 4° | 36 mm |
| KorsholmOstrobothnia | 20 km NNE | 13° | 4° | 36 mm |
| LaihiaOstrobothnia | 22 km E | 14° | 4° | 37 mm |
| KorsnäsOstrobothnia | 26 km SW | 11° | 4° | 33 mm |
| VähäkyröOstrobothnia | 30 km ENE | 14° | 4° | 38 mm |