Flam weather in May

In May, Flam sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 15.3 wet days and about 17 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of May to 18 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Flam's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flam's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 89 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 17 hours; 3:58 AM – 8:58 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.8; out of 10

← April Flam year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical May day in Flam reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-1
2	5	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	-1
5	5	-1
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	6	0
9	6	0
10	6	0
11	6	0
12	6	0
13	6	0
14	6	0
15	7	1
16	7	1
17	7	1
18	7	1
19	7	1
20	8	1
21	8	1
22	8	2
23	8	2
24	8	2
25	9	2
26	9	2
27	9	2
28	9	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

How May really feels in Flam

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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.

Flam weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -8°	174	18.2	19.4	6.2	0.0
Feb	-4° / -8°	142	15.3	16.9	8.5	0.0
Mar	-1° / -6°	138	15.9	17.3	11.3	0.0
Apr	2° / -3°	93	14.3	13.7	14.2	0.0
May	7° / 1°	89	15.3	9.3	17	0.8
Jun	12° / 5°	120	17.6	1.9	18.6	2.5
Jul	15° / 8°	127	19	0.1	17.9	3.5
Aug	14° / 8°	128	17.7	0.2	15.5	3.3
Sep	10° / 4°	146	16.9	3.7	12.6	1.7
Oct	4° / -1°	159	17.7	11.7	9.7	0.1
Nov	-1° / -5°	155	16.8	16.3	7	0.0
Dec	-3° / -7°	173	17.7	18.5	5.4	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

	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 (%)	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	28
Cloudier (%)	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	73	73	73	72	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Flam gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 15.3 wet days in May, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 49% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54
Snow chance (%)	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	18	17

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	38
2	46	38
3	46	37
4	45	37
5	45	36
6	44	36
7	44	35
8	44	34
9	44	34
10	44	33
11	45	32
12	45	32
13	46	31
14	47	31
15	47	30
16	48	30
17	49	30
18	50	29
19	51	29
20	52	29
21	53	28
22	54	27
23	55	27
24	55	26
25	55	25
26	55	24
27	55	22
28	55	21
29	55	20
30	54	18
31	54	17

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 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 min at the start of May to 18 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 3:27 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 9:31 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)	15.7	15.8	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.7	16.7	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.7	17.8	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.1
Sunrise (AM)	4:38	4:35	4:32	4:30	4:27	4:24	4:21	4:19	4:16	4:13	4:11	4:08	4:05	4:03	4:00	3:58	3:56	3:53	3:51	3:49	3:46	3:44	3:42	3:40	3:38	3:36	3:34	3:32	3:30	3:28	3:27
Sunset (PM)	8:19	8:22	8:25	8:27	8:30	8:32	8:35	8:37	8:40	8:43	8:45	8:48	8:50	8:53	8:55	8:58	9:00	9:02	9:05	9:07	9:10	9:12	9:14	9:16	9:19	9:21	9:23	9:25	9:27	9:29	9:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.7	4:38	8:19
2	15.8	4:35	8:22
3	15.9	4:32	8:25
4	16.0	4:30	8:27
5	16.0	4:27	8:30
6	16.1	4:24	8:32
7	16.2	4:21	8:35
8	16.3	4:19	8:37
9	16.4	4:16	8:40
10	16.5	4:13	8:43
11	16.6	4:11	8:45
12	16.7	4:08	8:48
13	16.7	4:05	8:50
14	16.8	4:03	8:53
15	16.9	4:00	8:55
16	17.0	3:58	8:58
17	17.1	3:56	9:00
18	17.2	3:53	9:02
19	17.2	3:51	9:05
20	17.3	3:49	9:07
21	17.4	3:46	9:10
22	17.5	3:44	9:12
23	17.5	3:42	9:14
24	17.6	3:40	9:16
25	17.7	3:38	9:19
26	17.8	3:36	9:21
27	17.8	3:34	9:23
28	17.9	3:32	9:25
29	18.0	3:30	9:27
30	18.0	3:28	9:29
31	18.1	3:27	9:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.49 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)	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Flam?

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

0.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Flam.

What to pack for Flam in May

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

In May, Flam sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coatsun protection

UV index in Flam in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Flam peaks around June 16 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 5 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Flam?

Flam sits at 60.9°N, 7.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Bergen, 111 km away.

Topography around Flam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flam has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,383 m around an average of 590 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,805 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,337 m.

The land around Flam is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (32%) and moss and lichen (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and moss and lichen (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,383 m

trees 58%

16 km

1,805 m

grassland 32%

80 km

2,337 m

grassland 38%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← April Flam year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Bergen 111 km · Nesttun 114 km · Ytrebygda 118 km · Lillehammer 183 km · Alesund 186 km · Haugesund 191 km · Kongsberg 193 km · Gjøvik 194 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 91% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $94,594; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 613
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 Flam (60.8626°, 7.1131°, 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. 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	5	-1
2	5	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	-1
5	5	-1
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	6	0
9	6	0
10	6	0
11	6	0
12	6	0
13	6	0
14	6	0
15	7	1
16	7	1
17	7	1
18	7	1
19	7	1
20	8	1
21	8	1
22	8	2
23	8	2
24	8	2
25	9	2
26	9	2
27	9	2
28	9	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	38
2	46	38
3	46	37
4	45	37
5	45	36
6	44	36
7	44	35
8	44	34
9	44	34
10	44	33
11	45	32
12	45	32
13	46	31
14	47	31
15	47	30
16	48	30
17	49	30
18	50	29
19	51	29
20	52	29
21	53	28
22	54	27
23	55	27
24	55	26
25	55	25
26	55	24
27	55	22
28	55	21
29	55	20
30	54	18
31	54	17

	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	5	-1
2	5	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	-1
5	5	-1
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	6	0
9	6	0
10	6	0
11	6	0
12	6	0
13	6	0
14	6	0
15	7	1
16	7	1
17	7	1
18	7	1
19	7	1
20	8	1
21	8	1
22	8	2
23	8	2
24	8	2
25	9	2
26	9	2
27	9	2
28	9	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	38
2	46	38
3	46	37
4	45	37
5	45	36
6	44	36
7	44	35
8	44	34
9	44	34
10	44	33
11	45	32
12	45	32
13	46	31
14	47	31
15	47	30
16	48	30
17	49	30
18	50	29
19	51	29
20	52	29
21	53	28
22	54	27
23	55	27
24	55	26
25	55	25
26	55	24
27	55	22
28	55	21
29	55	20
30	54	18
31	54	17

	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	5	-1
2	5	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	-1
5	5	-1
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	6	0
9	6	0
10	6	0
11	6	0
12	6	0
13	6	0
14	6	0
15	7	1
16	7	1
17	7	1
18	7	1
19	7	1
20	8	1
21	8	1
22	8	2
23	8	2
24	8	2
25	9	2
26	9	2
27	9	2
28	9	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	38
2	46	38
3	46	37
4	45	37
5	45	36
6	44	36
7	44	35
8	44	34
9	44	34
10	44	33
11	45	32
12	45	32
13	46	31
14	47	31
15	47	30
16	48	30
17	49	30
18	50	29
19	51	29
20	52	29
21	53	28
22	54	27
23	55	27
24	55	26
25	55	25
26	55	24
27	55	22
28	55	21
29	55	20
30	54	18
31	54	17

	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