Vihti weather in May

In May, Vihti sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 16.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of May to 17 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vihti's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vihti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 54 min
3:52 AM – 8:46 PM
Cloud cover
61%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Vihti is village in Vihti, Finland.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vihti reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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3133
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27177
28177
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31178

How May really feels in Vihti

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 5 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
5
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Vihti weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4810.710.26.30.0
Feb-3° / -8°398.78.98.60.0
Mar / -5°368.3711.30.0
Apr / -0°369.1314.21.4
May15° / 479.50.216.84.5
Jun19° / 10°7412.2018.55.6
Jul21° / 12°7912.2017.86.2
Aug20° / 11°7712.8015.45.8
Sep15° / 5410012.64.2
Oct / 5610.619.71.2
Nov / -1°5310.95.17.10.0
Dec-1° / -5°5411.29.15.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
44357
54357
64357
74357
84357
94357
104456
114456
124555
134555
144357
154357
164456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Vihti gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1284
2283
3283
4283
5282
6282
7282
8282
9281
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12281
13281
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15291
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28340
29340
30350
31350

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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1911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of May to 17 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:32 AM to 3:22 AM, and sunset from 8:08 PM to 9:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.64:328:08
215.74:298:11
315.84:268:13
415.94:238:16
516.04:208:18
616.14:188:21
716.14:158:23
816.24:128:26
916.34:108:28
1016.44:078:31
1116.54:058:33
1216.64:028:36
1316.64:008:38
1416.73:578:41
1516.83:558:43
1616.93:528:46
1717.03:508:48
1817.03:488:50
1917.13:458:53
2017.23:438:55
2117.33:418:57
2217.33:399:00
2317.43:379:02
2417.53:359:04
2517.63:339:06
2617.63:319:08
2717.73:299:10
2817.83:279:12
2917.83:259:14
3017.93:249:16
3117.93:229:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
65.0Bright
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95.1Bright
105.1Bright
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195.4Bright
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215.4Bright
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235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vihti?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vihti for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vihti in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Vihti sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Vihti in May

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb1Bracing
Mar1Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May6Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Vihti in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vihti peaks around June 18 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 18UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vihti?

Vihti sits at 60.4°N, 24.3°E, 39 m above sea level, in Finland. The nearest listed city is Lohja, 23 km away.

Topography around Vihti

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Vihti.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vihti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m.

The land around Vihti is covered by trees (67%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
135 m
80 km
195 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Lohja 23 km · Klaukkala 24 km · Nurmijärvi 27 km · Espoo 30 km · Kirkkonummi 33 km · Myyrmäki 33 km · Espoonlahti 35 km · Olari 35 km

Finland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$56,149
2025
Happiness
7.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 603
Religion
Lutheran 67%none 31%other 2%Greek Orthodox 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Vihti (60.417°, 24.3196°, elevation 39 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).