Boo weather in May

In May, Boo sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 16.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boo's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 36 min
3:24 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Boo is urban area in Nacka Municipality, Sweden.

Density
1,458/km²
people per km²

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 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Boo reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Boo

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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Boo 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 / -2°398.86.26.60.0
Feb / -3°328.26.68.70.0
Mar / -1°307.94.611.30.0
Apr / 327.51.714.11.0
May12° / 398.30.116.63.2
Jun16° / 11°6110.3018.15.0
Jul19° / 14°6110017.56.2
Aug19° / 14°6511.5015.35.9
Sep15° / 10°518.7012.64.5
Oct10° / 5410.50.29.82.0
Nov / 5411.337.30.2
Dec / -1°5111.45.55.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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

Any precipitation

Boo gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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226
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1225
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2127
2228
2328
2428
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2627
2727
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2927
3027
3127

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 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:01 AM to 2:56 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 8:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:017:28
215.53:587:30
315.63:557:32
415.73:537:35
515.83:507:37
615.93:487:39
715.93:457:42
816.03:437:44
916.13:407:47
1016.23:387:49
1116.33:357:51
1216.33:337:53
1316.43:307:56
1416.53:287:58
1516.63:268:00
1616.63:248:03
1716.73:218:05
1816.83:198:07
1916.93:178:09
2016.93:158:11
2117.03:138:13
2217.13:118:16
2317.13:098:18
2417.23:078:20
2517.33:058:22
2617.33:048:24
2717.43:028:26
2817.53:008:27
2917.52:598:29
3017.62:578:31
3117.62:568:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.21 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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306.0Bright
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Boo?

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

3.2
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 Boo.

What to pack for Boo in May

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

In May, Boo sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Boo in May

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr3Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Boo 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 Boo peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Boo?

Boo sits at 59.3°N, 18.3°E, 37 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Gustavsberg, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Boo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m.

The land around Boo is covered by trees (68%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and water (46%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
109 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Gustavsberg 6.0 km · Nacka 7.0 km · Lidingö 9.0 km · Östermalm 11 km · Södermalm 12 km · Stockholm 12 km · Kungsholmen 14 km · Årsta 14 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 Boo (59.3333°, 18.2833°, elevation 37 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).