Brčko weather in May

In May, Brčko sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 94 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°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 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Brčko's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brčko's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
94 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:22 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Brčko is city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Density
97/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 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Brčko reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°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 Brčko

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.

Brčko weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°5910.25.890.0
Feb / -2°5910.25.310.10.9
Mar12° / 7011.52.811.63.3
Apr18° / 76120.613.25.2
May22° / 11°9413.8014.66.1
Jun26° / 15°9512.3015.36.5
Jul28° / 16°84110156.4
Aug28° / 16°648.9013.96.6
Sep23° / 12°7410.1012.36.8
Oct18° / 648.20.210.75.9
Nov11° / 669.92.59.42.8
Dec / -1°6710.858.70.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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

Any precipitation

Brčko gets around 94 mm of rain over 13.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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21633070
22603190
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245732110
255632120
265433130
275333140
285133160
294834171
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:42 AM to 4:09 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:426:42
214.04:416:43
314.14:396:44
414.14:386:45
514.24:366:47
614.24:356:48
714.34:336:49
814.34:326:50
914.34:316:52
1014.44:296:53
1114.44:286:54
1214.54:276:55
1314.54:266:56
1414.64:246:58
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1614.64:227:00
1714.74:217:01
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1914.74:197:03
2014.84:187:04
2114.84:177:05
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2615.04:127:11
2715.04:127:12
2815.04:117:13
2915.14:107:14
3015.14:097:15
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Brčko?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Brčko for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brčko in May

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

In May, Brčko sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Brčko in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Brčko peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 20UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Brčko in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Brčko is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1516 µg/m³Dec 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Brčko?

Brčko sits at 44.9°N, 18.8°E, 92 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Gradačac, 31 km away.

GradačacBijeljinaTuzlaLukavacGračanicaVinkovciLoznicaVukovar

Topography around Brčko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brčko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,281 m.

The land around Brčko is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
298 m
80 km
1,281 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Gradačac 31 km · Bijeljina 34 km · Tuzla 39 km · Lukavac 43 km · Gračanica 44 km · Vinkovci 46 km · Loznica 51 km · Vukovar 55 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,382
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
86%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 591
Religion
Muslim 51%Orthodox 31%Roman Catholic 15%other 1%

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 Brčko (44.8716°, 18.8163°, elevation 92 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).