Climate averages 1991–2020
Gothenburg weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Gothenburg: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (58 km away). In May its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Gothenburg, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gothenburg ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Gothenburg is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 98 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
Gothenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 2.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 55 | 10.2 | 9.49 h |
| March | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| May, selected | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 72 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 12.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 12.8 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 118 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 93 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 13.8 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 71 | 12.4 | 8.08 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 6.77 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
- Borås in MaySweden · 58 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Halmstad in MaySweden · 127 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Jönköping in MaySweden · 130 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Aalborg in MayDenmark · 143 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MayNorway · 179 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MaySweden · 190 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Växjö in MaySweden · 194 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Århus in MayDenmark · 203 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 55 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 Gothenburg) is explained once on the Gothenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.