Garðabær Weather in May
Garðabær in May
The short of it: Garðabær in May averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 18 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 4° · rain 57 mm · daylight 18 h 19 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Garðabær an average May high of 10°, a low of 4° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 10°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 19 min in mid-May, 202 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Garðabær runs about middling and drier than most in May. Hafnarfjörður, 3 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Garðabær, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 24 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HafnarfjörðurCapital Region | 3 km SSW | 10° | 4° | 59 mm |
| KópavogurCapital Region | 3 km N | 10° | 4° | 58 mm |
| ÁlftanesCapital Region | 5 km WNW | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| ReykjavíkCapital Region | 5 km NNE | 10° | 4° | 58 mm |
| SeltjarnarnesCapital Region | 8 km NNW | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| MosfellsbærCapital Region | 14 km NE | 10° | 4° | 62 mm |
| GrundarhverfiCapital Region | 17 km NNE | 9° | 4° | 55 mm |
| VogarSouthern Peninsula | 25 km WSW | 9° | 4° | 56 mm |