Vik Weather in May
Vik in May
The short of it: Vik in May averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 17 h 22 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 13° · low 6° · rain 75 mm · daylight 17 h 22 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Vik brings afternoons near 13° and nights around 6°, with about 75 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 13°, with nights near 6°. It is the driest month of the year, only 75 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 22 min in mid-May, 168 minutes more than a month before.
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, Vik runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Balestrand, 17 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Vik, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BalestrandVestland | 17 km N | 12° | 6° | 90 mm |
| HermansverkVestland | 20 km NE | 14° | 7° | 67 mm |
| HøyangerVestland | 32 km NW | 10° | 5° | 135 mm |
| SogndalVestland | 34 km NE | 15° | 7° | 56 mm |
| KaupangerVestland | 38 km ENE | 14° | 7° | 50 mm |
| LærdalsøyriVestland | 48 km E | 13° | 5° | 44 mm |
| VossVestland | 48 km S | 13° | 5° | 93 mm |
| SandeVestland | 51 km NW | 13° | 7° | 134 mm |