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Gothenburg in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Gothenburg is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Gothenburg is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
16h 38mon average

Is May a good time to visit Gothenburg?

May sits outside Gothenburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect mild days and rain 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 63°F in May, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in May, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in May, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

16h 38m in May, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m 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. April54°12°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May63°17°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June69°21°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in May

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:51 AMsets 9:25 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, 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 Sweden in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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.