Boden weather in May

In May, Boden sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 18.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 42 min at the start of May to 20 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boden's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
18 h 30 min
2:13 AM – 8:46 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Boden is urban area in Boden Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 2.8 µg/m³ · 2017
Founded
1919

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 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Boden reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Boden

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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
16
wind chill below the day's low

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

Boden weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -13°438.810.140.0
Feb-6° / -12°317.58.47.60.0
Mar-0° / -8°327.28.111.10.0
Apr / -3°326.75.114.80.4
May12° / 428.6118.53.1
Jun17° / 6310.3021.55.2
Jul20° / 12°7512.3020.25.9
Aug18° / 10°6711.1016.45.6
Sep13° / 559.8012.83.5
Oct / -0°498.82.59.10.5
Nov-1° / -6°5210.27.45.30.0
Dec-4° / -10°5010.210.12.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Boden gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1249
2248
3248
4248
5247
6247
7256
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9255
10255
11264
12264
13273
14273
15272
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20301
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26301
27301
28300
29290
30290
31290

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 (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 42 min at the start of May to 20 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 216 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 3:10 AM to 1:21 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 9:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.73:107:51
216.83:067:55
316.93:027:58
417.12:588:02
517.22:548:05
617.32:518:09
717.42:478:13
817.62:438:16
917.72:398:20
1017.82:368:24
1117.92:328:27
1218.02:288:31
1318.22:248:35
1418.32:218:38
1518.42:178:42
1618.52:138:46
1718.72:108:49
1818.82:068:53
1918.92:028:57
2019.01:599:00
2119.11:559:04
2219.31:529:08
2319.41:489:11
2419.51:459:15
2519.61:419:19
2619.71:389:22
2719.91:349:26
2820.01:319:30
2920.11:279:33
3020.21:249:37
3120.31:219:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.8Bright
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Boden?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boden.

What to pack for Boden in May

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

In May, Boden sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Boden in May

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in January near -0°C.

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

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan0Bracing
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Mar0Bracing
Apr1Bracing
May4Bracing
Jun10Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep12Bracing
Oct8Bracing
Nov4Bracing
Dec1Bracing

UV index in Boden 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 Boden peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 14UV 4Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Boden?

Boden sits at 65.8°N, 21.7°E, 10 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Luleå, 34 km away.

TornioSkellefteåKemiRaaheHaukipudasRovaniemi

Topography around Boden

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Boden is covered by trees (54%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
594 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Luleå 34 km · Piteå 57 km · Tornio 112 km · Skellefteå 124 km · Kemi 132 km · Raahe 182 km · Haukipudas 184 km · Rovaniemi 195 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Boden (65.8252°, 21.6886°, elevation 10 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).