Falköping weather in May

In May, Falköping sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Falköping's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Falköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
3:50 AM – 8:14 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Falköping is urban area in Falköping Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4.2 µg/m³ · 2016
Founded
1200

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 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Falköping reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1143
2143
3143
4144
5144
6144
7144
8144
9154
10154
11154
12155
13155
14155
15155
16155
17165
18165
19166
20166
21166
22166
23166
24176
25176
26177
27177
28177
29177
30177
31187

How May really feels in Falköping

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.

Falköping weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°4710.16.16.90.0
Feb / -4°398.96.68.90.0
Mar / -2°3894.511.40.3
Apr11° / 459.21.7142.6
May16° / 6511.90.116.44.6
Jun19° / 8913017.85.5
Jul21° / 11°8712.6017.26.0
Aug20° / 11°8013.2015.15.7
Sep16° / 6310.7012.54.6
Oct10° / 6311.60.79.92.1
Nov / 51113.47.60.2
Dec / -2°5310.95.86.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34258
44258
54258
64258
74357
84357
94456
104456
114357
124456
134357
144357
154258
164159
174159
184060
193961
203961
213862
223961
234060
244060
254060
264159
274258
284357
294357
304357
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Falköping gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
135
235
336
436
536
637
737
837
938
1038
1138
1239
1339
1439
1539
1639
1739
1840
1940
2039
2139
2239
2339
2438
2537
2637
2736
2836
2935
3035
3135

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 98% 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
10991
11991
12991
13991
14982
15982
16982
17973
18973
19973
20973
21973
22973
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28973
29973
30982
31982

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
1811calm
1911calm
2011calm
2111calm
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3011calm
3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:24 AM to 3:24 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 8:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:247:42
215.44:227:44
315.44:197:46
415.54:177:48
515.64:157:51
615.74:127:53
715.84:107:55
815.84:077:57
915.94:057:59
1016.04:038:02
1116.14:008:04
1216.13:588:06
1316.23:568:08
1416.33:548:10
1516.33:528:12
1616.43:508:14
1716.53:488:17
1816.53:468:19
1916.63:448:21
2016.73:428:23
2116.73:408:25
2216.83:388:27
2316.93:368:29
2416.93:348:30
2517.03:338:32
2617.13:318:34
2717.13:298:36
2817.23:288:38
2917.23:268:39
3017.33:258:41
3117.33:248:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.3Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.4Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Falköping?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Falköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Falköping in May

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

In May, Falköping sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Falköping 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 Falköping peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Falköping?

Falköping sits at 58.2°N, 13.6°E, 217 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Skövde, 30 km away.

Topography around Falköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Falköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 244 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m.

The land around Falköping is covered by trees (34%), grassland (30%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (38%), grassland (35%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Skövde 30 km · Lidköping 43 km · Jönköping 56 km · Mariestad 62 km · Huskvarna 62 km · Borås 62 km · Alingsås 66 km · Trollhättan 75 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 Falköping (58.1735°, 13.5507°, elevation 217 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).