Climate averages 1991–2020
Jönköping weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Jönköping: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 6.9°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 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (72 km away). In May its highs average 15.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Jönköping, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Jönköping ranks 16th 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; Jönköping is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 85 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
Jönköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 47 | 10.5 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 39 | 9.5 | 9.39 h |
| March | 4.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| May, selected | 14.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 63 | 12.1 | 16.617 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 85 | 13.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 84 | 13.3 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 11.1 | 8.08 h |
| December | 1.9°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 53 | 11.2 | 6.77 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
- Borås in MaySweden · 72 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Växjö in MaySweden · 108 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Linköping in MaySweden · 111 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MaySweden · 130 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Halmstad in MaySweden · 146 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Norrköping in MaySweden · 149 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Örebro in MaySweden · 177 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MaySweden · 212 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 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 Jönköping) is explained once on the Jönköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.