Climate averages 1991–2020
Växjö 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 Växjö: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jönköping (108 km away). In May its highs average 14.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Växjö, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Växjö ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 14.6°C; Växjö is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 76 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
Växjö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 51 | 11.2 | 7.57 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 40 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 58 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.8 | 17.718 h |
| July | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.4 | 17.217 h |
| August | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 13.0 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 61 | 11.2 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 54 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| December | 1.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 55 | 11.9 | 6.97 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
- Jönköping in MaySweden · 108 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Halmstad in MaySweden · 121 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Borås in MaySweden · 146 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MaySweden · 159 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Lund in MaySweden · 164 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Linköping in MaySweden · 177 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Malmö in MaySweden · 180 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MayDenmark · 192 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 52 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 Växjö) is explained once on the Växjö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.