Piteå Weather in May
Piteå in May
The short of it: Piteå in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 18 h 48 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 4° · rain 36 mm · daylight 18 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Piteå an average May high of 12°, a low of 4° and some 36 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 12°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 48 min in mid-May, 221 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, Piteå runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Bergsviken, 5 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Piteå, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BergsvikenNorrbotten | 5 km WSW | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |
| HortlaxNorrbotten | 5 km SW | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |
| NorrfjärdenNorrbotten | 11 km N | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| RoknäsNorrbotten | 13 km WNW | 13° | 3° | 38 mm |
| RosvikNorrbotten | 16 km NE | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |
| JävreNorrbotten | 19 km S | 11° | 4° | 36 mm |
| AlvikNorrbotten | 26 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| AntnäsNorrbotten | 31 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |