Nuuk Weather in May
Nuuk in May
The short of it: Nuuk in May averages a high of 5 °C (40 °F) and a low of -0 °C (32 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 18 h 21 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 5° · low 0° · rain 40 mm · daylight 18 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Nuuk an average May high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 18 h 21 min in mid-May, 204 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, Nuuk runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Maniitsoq, 148 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Nuuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Oct–Jun
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManiitsoqQeqqata | 148 km NNW | 4° | -1° | 38 mm |
| QeqertarsuaqSermersooq | 250 km SSE | 5° | 1° | 58 mm |
| PaamiutSermersooq | 264 km SSE | 6° | 1° | 59 mm |
| KangerlussuaqQeqqata | 318 km N | 7° | -1° | 13 mm |
| SisimiutQeqqata | 319 km NNW | 3° | -3° | 28 mm |
| NarsaqKujalleq | 465 km SE | 8° | 1° | 49 mm |
| QaqortoqKujalleq | 483 km SE | 8° | 1° | 54 mm |