Hamar weather in May

In May, Hamar sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 16.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 Hamar's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hamar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
73 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
17 hours
3:43 AM – 8:41 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Hamar is city in Hamar Municipality, Norway.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
84/km²
people per km²
Founded
1050

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 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Hamar reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1122
2122
3122
4122
5122
6122
7133
8133
9133
10133
11133
12133
13144
14144
15144
16144
17144
18144
19145
20155
21155
22155
23155
24156
25166
26166
27166
28166
29166
30176
31177

How May really feels in Hamar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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
4
wind chill below the day's low

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

Hamar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -9°559.910.56.20.0
Feb-2° / -9°377.68.88.50.0
Mar / -5°4288.111.30.0
Apr / -1°478.64.514.21.5
May14° / 7311.41.416.93.9
Jun18° / 8111.9018.65.3
Jul20° / 11°9113.3017.95.7
Aug19° / 10°10113.7015.55.4
Sep14° / 7310.50.112.63.9
Oct / 75112.29.71.1
Nov / -2°7111.27.470.0
Dec-2° / -6°5510.195.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23565
33565
43565
53565
63565
73664
83664
93565
103565
113565
123466
133466
143367
153466
163367
173466
183367
193466
203565
213664
223763
233763
243763
253961
263961
274060
284159
294159
304159
314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Hamar gets around 73 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1349
2349
3349
4349
5349
6348
7348
8348
9348
10347
11347
12357
13366
14366
15375
16385
17394
18394
19393
20403
21402
22402
23402
24391
25391
26381
27381
28371
29370
30370
31360

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
191000
201000
211000
22991
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25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31991

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 4:23 AM to 3:12 AM, and sunset from 8:03 PM to 9:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:238:03
215.84:208:06
315.94:178:08
415.94:148:11
516.04:118:14
616.14:098:16
716.24:068:19
816.34:038:21
916.44:018:24
1016.53:588:26
1116.63:558:29
1216.63:538:31
1316.73:508:34
1416.83:488:36
1516.93:458:39
1617.03:438:41
1717.13:408:44
1817.13:388:46
1917.23:368:49
2017.33:338:51
2117.43:318:53
2217.43:298:56
2317.53:278:58
2417.63:259:00
2517.73:239:02
2617.73:219:04
2717.83:199:07
2817.93:179:09
2917.93:159:11
3018.03:139:13
3118.13:129:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.6Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Hamar?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hamar.

What to pack for Hamar in May

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

In May, Hamar sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hamar 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 Hamar peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hamar?

Hamar sits at 60.8°N, 11.1°E, 137 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Gjøvik, 20 km away.

Moss

Topography around Hamar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hamar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around Hamar is covered by water (42%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (37%), cropland (28%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
580 m
80 km
1,336 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Gjøvik 20 km · Lillehammer 48 km · Lillestrøm 93 km · Oslo 100 km · Asker 112 km · Drammen 126 km · Kongsberg 148 km · Moss 153 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
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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 Hamar (60.7945°, 11.068°, elevation 137 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).