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Riksgränsen in May

Chilly and wet, the midnight sun begins during the month.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Riksgränsen is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 28°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the midnight sun begins during the month.May in Riksgränsen is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the midnight sun begins during the month.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
28°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
21h 07mon average

Is May a good time to visit Riksgränsen?

May sits outside Riksgränsen's mildest months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 41°F in May, against 21°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in May, against -6°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in May, against 51% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in May, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

21h 07m in May, against 0h 06m to 24h through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April32°0°low 20°low -7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May41°5°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June51°11°low 38°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Riksgränsen sits, in May

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
2:29 AMsets 10:58 PM
Above the sea
520 mlow-lying
Latitude
68.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Harads287 km south-east

The land around Riksgränsen, 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 Riksgränsen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riksgränsen. 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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.