Selfoss Weather in May
Selfoss in May
The short of it: Selfoss in May averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 18 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 5° · rain 80 mm · daylight 18 h 15 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Selfoss brings afternoons near 10° and nights around 5°, with about 80 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 10°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 15 min in mid-May, 200 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, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Selfoss runs about middling and drier than most in May. Eyrarbakki, 11 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Selfoss, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 23 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EyrarbakkiSouth | 11 km SW | 10° | 5° | 86 mm |
| HveragerðiSouth | 12 km NW | 10° | 4° | 82 mm |
| ÞorlákshöfnSouth | 21 km WSW | 11° | 5° | 78 mm |
| HellaSouth | 31 km ESE | 10° | 5° | 82 mm |
| FlúðirSouth | 40 km NE | 10° | 5° | 67 mm |
| MosfellsbærCapital Region | 43 km NW | 10° | 4° | 62 mm |
| HvolsvöllurSouth | 43 km ESE | 11° | 5° | 88 mm |
| HafnarfjörðurCapital Region | 48 km WNW | 10° | 4° | 59 mm |