Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Halmstad: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In May its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Halmstad is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 81 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
Halmstad 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-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 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
- Helsingborg in MaySweden · 71 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Lund in MaySweden · 110 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MayDenmark · 112 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Borås in MaySweden · 116 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Malmö in MaySweden · 119 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Växjö in MaySweden · 121 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MaySweden · 127 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Jönköping in MaySweden · 146 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.