Climate averages 1991–2020
Linköping weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Linköping: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norrköping (38 km away). In May its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Linköping, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Linköping ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Linköping is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 71 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
Linköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 38 | 8.7 | 7.27 h |
| February | 1.1°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 32 | 8.0 | 9.39 h |
| March | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 8.1 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 15.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 71 | 11.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 77 | 11.6 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 69 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 53 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 10.310 h |
| November | 4.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 48 | 10.1 | 7.98 h |
| December | 1.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 45 | 10.3 | 6.57 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
- Norrköping in MaySweden · 38 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Örebro in MaySweden · 99 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Jönköping in MaySweden · 111 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Västerås in MaySweden · 144 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Södertälje in MaySweden · 145 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Huddinge in MaySweden · 164 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Haninge in MaySweden · 168 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Stockholm in MaySweden · 174 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 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 Linköping) is explained once on the Linköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.