Halmstad Weather in May
Halmstad in May
The short of it: Halmstad in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 16 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 53 mm · daylight 16 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Halmstad an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 53 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 17°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 24 min in mid-May, 135 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Halmstad runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Fyllinge, 5 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Halmstad, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FyllingeHalland | 5 km SE | 17° | 7° | 52 mm |
| FrösakullHalland | 8 km W | 16° | 7° | 51 mm |
| OskarströmHalland | 15 km NNE | 17° | 5° | 63 mm |
| LaholmHalland | 21 km SSE | 17° | 6° | 54 mm |
| MellbystrandHalland | 22 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 50 mm |
| BåstadSkåne | 28 km S | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| FalkenbergHalland | 34 km NW | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| FörslövSkåne | 36 km S | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |