Pello Weather in May
Pello in May
The short of it: Pello in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 19 h 30 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 12° · low 2° · rain 38 mm · daylight 19 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Pello an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 38 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 30 min in mid-May, 250 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
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, Pello runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Korpilombolo, 41 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Pello, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KorpilomboloNorrbotten | 41 km WNW | 12° | 2° | 41 mm |
| ÖvertorneåNorrbotten | 45 km SSW | 12° | 2° | 44 mm |
| YlitornioLapland | 53 km SSW | 12° | 2° | 45 mm |
| PajalaNorrbotten | 55 km NNW | 11° | 1° | 45 mm |
| KolariLapland | 62 km N | 11° | 1° | 44 mm |
| ÖverkalixNorrbotten | 70 km SW | 12° | 2° | 45 mm |
| RovaniemiLapland | 82 km ESE | 11° | 2° | 43 mm |
| TervolaLapland | 85 km SSE | 11° | 2° | 47 mm |