Sortavala Weather in May
Sortavala in May
The short of it: Sortavala in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 17 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 45 mm · daylight 17 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Sortavala an average May high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 45 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 33 min in mid-May, 175 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Sortavala runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Khelyulya, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Sortavala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KhelyulyaKarelia | 3 km NNW | 15° | 4° | 45 mm |
| KharluKarelia | 16 km NE | 15° | 4° | 46 mm |
| LyaskelyaKarelia | 17 km ENE | 15° | 4° | 46 mm |
| Yanis’yarviKarelia | 24 km NNE | 14° | 4° | 46 mm |
| RuskealaKarelia | 25 km NNW | 15° | 3° | 44 mm |
| Lakhdenpokh’yaKarelia | 35 km SW | 15° | 4° | 41 mm |
| UukuniemiSouth Karelia | 38 km WNW | 15° | 4° | 38 mm |
| PitkyarantaKarelia | 43 km ESE | 14° | 4° | 44 mm |