Visby weather in May

In May, Visby sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 6.9 wet days and about 16.3 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 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Visby's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Visby's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 34 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 18 min; 3:34 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 1st clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Visby is urban area in Gotland Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.5 µg/m³ · 2010
Founded: 1645

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

A typical May day in Visby reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	5	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

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

How May really feels in Visby

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.

Visby 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	2° / -0°	39	9.9	6.1	7	0.0
Feb	2° / -1°	34	8.8	6	9	0.0
Mar	4° / 0°	29	7.9	3.4	11.4	0.0
Apr	8° / 3°	29	6.9	1.2	14	1.2
May	12° / 7°	34	6.9	0.1	16.3	3.7
Jun	17° / 11°	46	8.7	0	17.6	5.6
Jul	20° / 15°	58	8.7	0	17.1	6.6
Aug	20° / 15°	59	10.7	0	15	6.2
Sep	16° / 12°	49	9.8	0	12.5	4.9
Oct	11° / 7°	54	11.3	0.1	10	2.4
Nov	6° / 4°	55	12.3	1.6	7.7	0.6
Dec	4° / 1°	49	12.2	4.3	6.4	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 41%.

	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 (%)	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Visby gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 6.9 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 22% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	22
16	22
17	23
18	23
19	23
20	24
21	24
22	24
23	24
24	24
25	23
26	23
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	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 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 4:08 AM to 3:09 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 8:20 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)	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:08	4:05	4:03	4:00	3:58	3:56	3:53	3:51	3:49	3:46	3:44	3:42	3:40	3:38	3:36	3:34	3:32	3:30	3:28	3:26	3:24	3:22	3:21	3:19	3:17	3:16	3:14	3:13	3:11	3:10	3:09
Sunset (PM)	7:20	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:52	7:54	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:04	8:06	8:08	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	4:08	7:20
2	15.3	4:05	7:23
3	15.4	4:03	7:25
4	15.4	4:00	7:27
5	15.5	3:58	7:29
6	15.6	3:56	7:31
7	15.7	3:53	7:33
8	15.7	3:51	7:36
9	15.8	3:49	7:38
10	15.9	3:46	7:40
11	16.0	3:44	7:42
12	16.0	3:42	7:44
13	16.1	3:40	7:46
14	16.2	3:38	7:48
15	16.2	3:36	7:50
16	16.3	3:34	7:52
17	16.4	3:32	7:54
18	16.4	3:30	7:56
19	16.5	3:28	7:58
20	16.6	3:26	8:00
21	16.6	3:24	8:02
22	16.7	3:22	8:04
23	16.8	3:21	8:06
24	16.8	3:19	8:08
25	16.9	3:17	8:10
26	16.9	3:16	8:12
27	17.0	3:14	8:13
28	17.0	3:13	8:15
29	17.1	3:11	8:17
30	17.1	3:10	8:18
31	17.2	3:09	8:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.97 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)	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Visby?

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

3.7

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 Visby.

What to pack for Visby in May

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

In May, Visby sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Visby 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 3°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)	4	3	3	4	7	12	17	18	15	11	8	5
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	4	Bracing
Feb	3	Bracing
Mar	3	Bracing
Apr	4	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	5	Bracing

UV index in Visby 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 Visby peaks around June 18 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	6	5	5	3	1	1	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	6	High
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Visby?

Visby sits at 57.6°N, 18.3°E, 22 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Västervik, 99 km away.

Topography around Visby

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Visby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m.

The land around Visby is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (45%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

79 m

water 43%

16 km

87 m

water 45%

80 km

138 m

water 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Västervik 99 km · Oskarshamn 118 km · Nyköping 145 km · Kalmar 160 km · Norrköping 163 km · Haninge 170 km · Tullinge 175 km · Tumba 175 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 Visby (57.6409°, 18.296°, elevation 22 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	10	4
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	10	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	6
10	11	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	7
17	12	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	13	7
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	14	8
25	14	8
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	14	9
29	14	9
30	15	9
31	15	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2