Rättvik Weather in May
Rättvik in May
The short of it: Rättvik in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 17 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 52 mm · daylight 17 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Rättvik an average May high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 52 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 15°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 20 min in mid-May, 167 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Rättvik runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Backa, 4 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Rättvik, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h