Vik weather in May

In May, Vik sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 143 mm of precipitation across 16.7 wet days and about 17.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of May to 19 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vik's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 143 mm; 16.7 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 42 min; 4:22 AM – 10:03 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.1; out of 10

Vik is human settlement in Iceland.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vik reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	2
2	4	2
3	4	2
4	5	2
5	5	2
6	5	2
7	5	2
8	5	2
9	5	2
10	5	2
11	5	3
12	5	3
13	5	3
14	5	3
15	5	3
16	5	3
17	5	3
18	5	3
19	5	3
20	6	3
21	6	3
22	6	3
23	6	4
24	6	4
25	6	4
26	6	4
27	6	4
28	6	4
29	6	4
30	6	4
31	6	4

How May really feels in Vik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Vik weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -1°	289	22	19.9	5.2	0.0
Feb	2° / -1°	278	20.1	18	8.1	0.0
Mar	2° / -1°	263	21.2	19.3	11.2	0.0
Apr	3° / 1°	201	18.9	15	14.5	0.0
May	5° / 3°	143	16.7	8.8	17.7	0.1
Jun	8° / 6°	124	14.8	1.9	19.8	1.0
Jul	9° / 7°	138	16.8	0.1	18.9	1.5
Aug	9° / 7°	179	16.7	0.1	15.9	1.6
Sep	8° / 5°	273	20.4	4	12.7	0.8
Oct	5° / 3°	285	20.1	10.7	9.4	0.1
Nov	3° / 0°	270	19.4	15.4	6.3	0.0
Dec	2° / -1°	306	21.9	18.9	4.2	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	29	28	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	71	72	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Vik gets around 143 mm of rain and snow over 16.7 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 53% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	56	56	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53
Snow chance (%)	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	17	16

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	38
2	56	37
3	55	36
4	54	35
5	53	34
6	53	33
7	52	33
8	52	32
9	51	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	30
13	51	30
14	51	29
15	51	29
16	51	29
17	52	28
18	52	28
19	53	28
20	54	27
21	54	27
22	55	26
23	55	26
24	55	25
25	55	24
26	55	22
27	55	21
28	54	20
29	54	19
30	53	17
31	53	16

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of May to 19 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 168 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 3:43 AM, and sunset from 9:18 PM to 10:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.6	18.7	18.8	18.9	18.9	19.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:05	5:02	4:59	4:56	4:52	4:49	4:46	4:43	4:40	4:37	4:34	4:31	4:28	4:25	4:22	4:19	4:16	4:13	4:10	4:08	4:05	4:02	3:59	3:57	3:54	3:52	3:49	3:47	3:45	3:43
Sunset (PM)	9:18	9:21	9:24	9:27	9:30	9:33	9:36	9:39	9:42	9:45	9:48	9:51	9:54	9:57	10:00	10:03	10:06	10:09	10:12	10:15	10:17	10:20	10:23	10:26	10:29	10:31	10:34	10:37	10:39	10:42	10:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.2	5:09	9:18
2	16.3	5:05	9:21
3	16.4	5:02	9:24
4	16.5	4:59	9:27
5	16.6	4:56	9:30
6	16.7	4:52	9:33
7	16.8	4:49	9:36
8	16.9	4:46	9:39
9	17.0	4:43	9:42
10	17.1	4:40	9:45
11	17.2	4:37	9:48
12	17.3	4:34	9:51
13	17.4	4:31	9:54
14	17.5	4:28	9:57
15	17.6	4:25	10:00
16	17.7	4:22	10:03
17	17.8	4:19	10:06
18	17.9	4:16	10:09
19	18.0	4:13	10:12
20	18.1	4:10	10:15
21	18.2	4:08	10:17
22	18.3	4:05	10:20
23	18.3	4:02	10:23
24	18.4	3:59	10:26
25	18.5	3:57	10:29
26	18.6	3:54	10:31
27	18.7	3:52	10:34
28	18.8	3:49	10:37
29	18.9	3:47	10:39
30	18.9	3:45	10:42
31	19.0	3:43	10:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vik?

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

0.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vik.

What to pack for Vik in May

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

In May, Vik sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coatsun protection

Sea temperature near Vik in May

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 12°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	8	7	7	8	8	10	11	12	10	9	8	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	7	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	9	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Vik 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 Vik peaks around June 19 at about 5 (moderate) — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	3	4	5	5	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Vik?

Vik sits at 63.4°N, 19.0°W, 0 m above sea level, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Hafnarfjörður, 161 km away.

Topography around Vik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vik has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,219 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,623 m.

The land around Vik is covered by grassland (45%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

492 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,219 m

water 47%

80 km

1,623 m

water 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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May weather nearby: Hafnarfjörður 161 km · Kópavogur 162 km · Reykjavik 163 km · Reykjanesbær 186 km · Keflavik 187 km · Akureyri 256 km · Tórshavn 642 km · Isle of Lewis 893 km

Iceland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 118% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $98,323; 2025
Happiness: 7.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

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 Vik (63.4194°, -19.0097°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	2
2	4	2
3	4	2
4	5	2
5	5	2
6	5	2
7	5	2
8	5	2
9	5	2
10	5	2
11	5	3
12	5	3
13	5	3
14	5	3
15	5	3
16	5	3
17	5	3
18	5	3
19	5	3
20	6	3
21	6	3
22	6	3
23	6	4
24	6	4
25	6	4
26	6	4
27	6	4
28	6	4
29	6	4
30	6	4
31	6	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	38
2	56	37
3	55	36
4	54	35
5	53	34
6	53	33
7	52	33
8	52	32
9	51	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	30
13	51	30
14	51	29
15	51	29
16	51	29
17	52	28
18	52	28
19	53	28
20	54	27
21	54	27
22	55	26
23	55	26
24	55	25
25	55	24
26	55	22
27	55	21
28	54	20
29	54	19
30	53	17
31	53	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	2
2	4	2
3	4	2
4	5	2
5	5	2
6	5	2
7	5	2
8	5	2
9	5	2
10	5	2
11	5	3
12	5	3
13	5	3
14	5	3
15	5	3
16	5	3
17	5	3
18	5	3
19	5	3
20	6	3
21	6	3
22	6	3
23	6	4
24	6	4
25	6	4
26	6	4
27	6	4
28	6	4
29	6	4
30	6	4
31	6	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	38
2	56	37
3	55	36
4	54	35
5	53	34
6	53	33
7	52	33
8	52	32
9	51	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	30
13	51	30
14	51	29
15	51	29
16	51	29
17	52	28
18	52	28
19	53	28
20	54	27
21	54	27
22	55	26
23	55	26
24	55	25
25	55	24
26	55	22
27	55	21
28	54	20
29	54	19
30	53	17
31	53	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	2
2	4	2
3	4	2
4	5	2
5	5	2
6	5	2
7	5	2
8	5	2
9	5	2
10	5	2
11	5	3
12	5	3
13	5	3
14	5	3
15	5	3
16	5	3
17	5	3
18	5	3
19	5	3
20	6	3
21	6	3
22	6	3
23	6	4
24	6	4
25	6	4
26	6	4
27	6	4
28	6	4
29	6	4
30	6	4
31	6	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	38
2	56	37
3	55	36
4	54	35
5	53	34
6	53	33
7	52	33
8	52	32
9	51	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	30
13	51	30
14	51	29
15	51	29
16	51	29
17	52	28
18	52	28
19	53	28
20	54	27
21	54	27
22	55	26
23	55	26
24	55	25
25	55	24
26	55	22
27	55	21
28	54	20
29	54	19
30	53	17
31	53	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100