Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Gävle: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In May its highs average 15.2°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Gävle is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 61 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
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May, selected | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in MaySweden · 95 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Västerås in MaySweden · 122 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Sollentuna in MaySweden · 146 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Stockholm in MaySweden · 158 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Mariehamn in MayAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Huddinge in MaySweden · 167 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Södertälje in MaySweden · 167 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Haninge in MaySweden · 177 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.