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Geilo in May

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Geilo is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 12 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Geilo is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
17h 17mon average

Is May a good time to visit Geilo?

May sits outside Geilo's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three 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 47°F in May, against 25°F to 63°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in May, against -4°C to 17°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in May, against 41% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 62% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

17h 17m in May, against 5h 50m to 18h 55m 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.

Either side

  1. April39°4°low 23°low -5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May47°8°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June59°15°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Geilo sits, in May

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:47 AMsets 9:59 PM
Above the sea
800 mupland
Latitude
60.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hemsedal41 km north-east

The land around Geilo, 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 Norway in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Geilo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Geilo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (800 m) against the climate model's (1,055 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (800 m) against the climate model's (1,055 m). 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.