Akranes Weather in May
Akranes in May
The short of it: Akranes in May averages a high of 9 °C (48 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 18 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 4° · rain 50 mm · daylight 18 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Akranes brings afternoons near 9° and nights around 4°, with about 50 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 9°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 24 min in mid-May, 206 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Akranes runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Grundarhverfi, 15 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Akranes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 23 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrundarhverfiCapital Region | 15 km SE | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| SeltjarnarnesCapital Region | 19 km SSE | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| ReykjavíkCapital Region | 22 km SSE | 10° | 4° | 58 mm |
| KópavogurCapital Region | 25 km SSE | 10° | 4° | 58 mm |
| ÁlftanesCapital Region | 25 km S | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| MosfellsbærCapital Region | 25 km SE | 10° | 4° | 62 mm |
| BorgarnesWest | 25 km NNE | 9° | 4° | 51 mm |
| GarðabærCapital Region | 27 km SSE | 10° | 4° | 57 mm |