Climate averages 1991–2020
Jyväskylä weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Jyväskylä: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (124 km away). In May its highs average 12.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Jyväskylä, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Jyväskylä ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 13.2°C; Jyväskylä is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Jyväskylä climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 38 | 10.0 | 6.26 h |
| February | -4.6°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| March | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 32 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 35 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| May, selected | 13.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 48 | 10.2 | 17.718 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 74 | 12.9 | 19.720 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.0 | 18.819 h |
| August | 18.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 72 | 12.3 | 16.016 h |
| September | 13.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 54 | 10.5 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 56 | 10.6 | 10.010 h |
| November | 0.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
| December | -2.2°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 5.35 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kuopio in MayFinland · 124 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Tampere in MayFinland · 131 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Lahti in MayFinland · 140 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Kouvola in MayFinland · 161 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in MayFinland · 185 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Joensuu in MayFinland · 212 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Vantaa in MayFinland · 220 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Pori in MayFinland · 223 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 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 Jyväskylä) is explained once on the Jyväskylä year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.