Average temperature in May is 7.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is 8 °C
Average night temperature is 6.7 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 9.2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 2.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 6
Number of rainy days: 25
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 35 mm
* Weather data for Tórshavn Faroe Islands is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 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 |
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| Maximum temperature | 5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
| Apparent max temperature | -1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | -0.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 6.9 |
| Mean temperature | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 8 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -3.9 | -2.4 | -1.5 | -2.4 | -2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -4.1 | -0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | -0.3 | -3.3 | -0.9 | 0.2 | -3.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Minimum temperature | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 3 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| Apparent min temperature | -2.8 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | -1.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | -0.8 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
| May | 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 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 17 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 18 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 19 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 6.8 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 0 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 0.9 | 15.3 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 14.2 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 34.2 | 24.7 | 34.8 | 44.3 | 42.4 | 42 | 30.9 | 34.6 | 19.5 | 12.6 | 22.3 | 36.4 | 46.2 | 44 | 44.9 | 35.9 | 33.6 | 47.4 | 47.7 | 41 | 40.7 | 41.5 | 56.7 | 62.9 | 50.2 | 52.3 | 63.8 | 47.4 | 51.1 | 53.8 | 26.7 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Tórshavn was 9.2°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 2.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Tórshavn are 6.7°C and 8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 35 mm.