Climate · Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi in May

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Rovaniemi is cool: highs near 53°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 4 hours 15 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Rovaniemi is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 4 hours 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
53°F12°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
19h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Rovaniemi?


May sits outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 53°F in May, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in May, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in May, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 56% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

19h 33m in May, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April41°5°low 24°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May53°12°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June65°18°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in May

Europe/Helsinki

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
3:34 AMsets 10:52 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
66.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Saariselkä225 km north

The land around Rovaniemi, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Finland in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rovaniemi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.