Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In May its highs average 15.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Fredrikstad, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 13.9°C; Fredrikstad is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 78 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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 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
- Drammen in MayNorway · 71 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Oslo in MayNorway · 78 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in MayNorway · 82 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MaySweden · 179 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Borås in MaySweden · 203 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Kristiansand in MayNorway · 207 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Örebro in MaySweden · 243 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Jönköping in MaySweden · 246 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.