Luleå Weather in May
Luleå in May
The short of it: Luleå in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 18 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 3° · rain 37 mm · daylight 18 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Luleå an average May high of 12°, a low of 3° and some 37 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 12°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 55 min in mid-May, 226 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
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 August.
Against its neighbours, Luleå runs about middling and about as wet in May. Bergnäset, 2 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Luleå, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BergnäsetNorrbotten | 2 km WSW | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| BjörkskatanNorrbotten | 3 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| BensbynNorrbotten | 8 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |
| GammelstadNorrbotten | 9 km NW | 12° | 3° | 38 mm |
| RutvikNorrbotten | 10 km NNW | 12° | 2° | 39 mm |
| MåttsundNorrbotten | 12 km WSW | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| Södra SunderbynNorrbotten | 13 km NW | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| AntnäsNorrbotten | 15 km WSW | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |