Climate averages 1991–2020
Örebro weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Örebro: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Västerås (85 km away). In May its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Örebro, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Örebro ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Örebro is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 72 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
Örebro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 7.07 h |
| February | 0.4°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 34 | 7.9 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 32 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 39 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 72 | 12.0 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 77 | 11.9 | 17.818 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 74 | 13.2 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 56 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| November | 4.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 49 | 9.8 | 6.36 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
- Västerås in MaySweden · 85 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Norrköping in MaySweden · 94 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Linköping in MaySweden · 99 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Södertälje in MaySweden · 138 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Uppsala in MaySweden · 152 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Sollentuna in MaySweden · 156 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Huddinge in MaySweden · 158 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Stockholm in MaySweden · 163 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 Örebro) is explained once on the Örebro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.