Bodø Weather in May
Bodø in May
The short of it: Bodø in May averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 19 h 48 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 11° · low 5° · rain 67 mm · daylight 19 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Bodø an average May high of 11°, a low of 5° and some 67 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 11°, with nights near 5°. Wet spells are common — about 67 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 48 min in mid-May, 262 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bodø runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Løding, 16 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bodø, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h