Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In May its highs average 11.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 48 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May, selected | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Aberdeen in MayUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in MayUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Bergen in MayNorway · 671 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Glasgow in MayUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Paisley in MayUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Edinburgh in MayUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- East Kilbride in MayUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Stavanger in MayNorway · 762 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 93 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.