Pitkyaranta Weather in May
Pitkyaranta in May
The short of it: Pitkyaranta in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 17 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 4° · rain 44 mm · daylight 17 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Pitkyaranta an average May high of 14°, a low of 4° and some 44 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 14°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 31 min in mid-May, 173 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Pitkyaranta runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Salmi, 30 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Pitkyaranta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SalmiKarelia | 30 km SE | 15° | 4° | 42 mm |
| LyaskelyaKarelia | 33 km NW | 15° | 4° | 46 mm |
| KharluKarelia | 39 km NW | 15° | 4° | 46 mm |
| SortavalaKarelia | 43 km WNW | 15° | 4° | 45 mm |
| Yanis’yarviKarelia | 45 km NW | 14° | 4° | 46 mm |
| KhelyulyaKarelia | 46 km WNW | 15° | 4° | 45 mm |
| RuskealaKarelia | 61 km NW | 15° | 3° | 44 mm |
| Lakhdenpokh’yaKarelia | 68 km W | 15° | 4° | 41 mm |