Gustavsberg weather in May

In May, Gustavsberg sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 7.7 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 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Gustavsberg's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gustavsberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 36 min; 3:23 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Gustavsberg is urban area in Värmdö Municipality, Sweden.

Density: 8,656/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gustavsberg reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°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)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How May really feels in Gustavsberg

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Gustavsberg 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -1°	44	9.9	6.6	6.6	0.0
Feb	1° / -2°	34	8.7	6.8	8.7	0.0
Mar	2° / -1°	31	8	4.5	11.3	0.0
Apr	5° / 3°	32	7.2	1.7	14.1	0.3
May	10° / 7°	36	7.7	0.1	16.6	2.2
Jun	14° / 12°	57	9.1	0	18.1	4.3
Jul	18° / 15°	56	8.9	0	17.5	6.0
Aug	18° / 16°	61	10.7	0	15.3	5.8
Sep	14° / 12°	54	9.1	0	12.6	4.3
Oct	9° / 7°	63	11.7	0.2	9.8	1.9
Nov	6° / 3°	64	12.4	2.5	7.3	0.3
Dec	3° / 0°	58	12.7	5.3	5.9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	50	50	51	50	50	51	51
Cloudier (%)	51	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	50	50	49	50	50	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gustavsberg gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 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 24% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23

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

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 18 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 4:00 AM to 2:55 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 8:32 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)	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.6
Sunrise (AM)	4:00	3:58	3:55	3:52	3:50	3:47	3:45	3:42	3:40	3:37	3:35	3:32	3:30	3:28	3:26	3:23	3:21	3:19	3:17	3:15	3:13	3:11	3:09	3:07	3:05	3:03	3:02	3:00	2:58	2:57	2:55
Sunset (PM)	7:27	7:29	7:32	7:34	7:37	7:39	7:41	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:51	7:53	7:55	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:04	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:13	8:15	8:17	8:19	8:21	8:23	8:25	8:27	8:29	8:31	8:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	4:00	7:27
2	15.5	3:58	7:29
3	15.6	3:55	7:32
4	15.7	3:52	7:34
5	15.8	3:50	7:37
6	15.9	3:47	7:39
7	15.9	3:45	7:41
8	16.0	3:42	7:44
9	16.1	3:40	7:46
10	16.2	3:37	7:48
11	16.3	3:35	7:51
12	16.3	3:32	7:53
13	16.4	3:30	7:55
14	16.5	3:28	7:58
15	16.6	3:26	8:00
16	16.6	3:23	8:02
17	16.7	3:21	8:04
18	16.8	3:19	8:07
19	16.9	3:17	8:09
20	16.9	3:15	8:11
21	17.0	3:13	8:13
22	17.1	3:11	8:15
23	17.1	3:09	8:17
24	17.2	3:07	8:19
25	17.3	3:05	8:21
26	17.3	3:03	8:23
27	17.4	3:02	8:25
28	17.5	3:00	8:27
29	17.5	2:58	8:29
30	17.6	2:57	8:31
31	17.6	2:55	8:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.7 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	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gustavsberg?

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

2.2

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 Gustavsberg.

What to pack for Gustavsberg in May

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

In May, Gustavsberg sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Gustavsberg 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 22 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	3	2	2	3	7	12	16	17	14	10	7	5
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	3	Bracing
Feb	2	Bracing
Mar	2	Bracing
Apr	3	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	5	Bracing

UV index in Gustavsberg 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 Gustavsberg 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.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Gustavsberg?

Gustavsberg sits at 59.3°N, 18.4°E, 7 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Boo, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Gustavsberg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gustavsberg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m.

The land around Gustavsberg is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

trees 69%

16 km

84 m

trees 53%

80 km

109 m

water 49%

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

May weather nearby: Boo 6.0 km · Nacka 13 km · Lidingö 15 km · Östermalm 17 km · Åkersberga 18 km · Södermalm 18 km · Stockholm 18 km · Årsta 19 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

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 Gustavsberg (59.3268°, 18.3897°, elevation 7 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

	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