Gävle Weather in May
Gävle in May
The short of it: Gävle in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 17 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 47 mm · daylight 17 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Gävle an average May high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 47 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 5°. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 16 min in mid-May, 165 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Gävle runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Valbo, 7 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gävle, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h