Cazin weather in May

In May, Cazin sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 123 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Cazin's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cazin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Precipitation
123 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:33 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
59%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Cazin is city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cazin reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Cazin

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.

Cazin weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°7710.26.990.0
Feb / -2°8110.66.510.10.8
Mar12° / 8311.54.611.63.0
Apr16° / 9912.91.213.24.8
May21° / 10°12314.40.114.65.8
Jun25° / 14°9712.6015.36.5
Jul27° / 15°8510.9015.16.6
Aug27° / 15°8510013.96.8
Sep22° / 11°11511.3012.36.4
Oct17° / 9410.20.610.75.2
Nov11° / 10711.53.19.42.5
Dec / -1°94126.48.60.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Cazin gets around 123 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
193700
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23702370
24682480
25662590
266525100
276326110
286027130
295828140
305530150
315131171

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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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 4:54 AM to 4:20 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:546:53
214.04:526:55
314.14:516:56
414.14:496:57
514.24:486:58
614.24:467:00
714.34:457:01
814.34:437:02
914.44:427:03
1014.44:417:04
1114.44:397:06
1214.54:387:07
1314.54:377:08
1414.64:367:09
1514.64:347:10
1614.64:337:12
1714.74:327:13
1814.74:317:14
1914.84:307:15
2014.84:297:16
2114.84:287:17
2214.94:277:18
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2515.04:247:22
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2715.04:237:24
2815.04:227:25
2915.14:217:25
3015.14:217:26
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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 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.47 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 Cazin?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cazin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cazin in May

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

In May, Cazin sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Cazin 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 Cazin peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Cazin 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 Cazin is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2117 µg/m³Sep 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cazin?

Cazin sits at 45.0°N, 15.9°E, 325 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Bihać, 18 km away.

BihaćBosanska KrupaVelika KladušaPrijedor

Topography around Cazin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cazin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 392 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,936 m.

The land around Cazin is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
731 m
80 km
1,936 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bihać 18 km · Bosanska Krupa 19 km · Velika Kladuša 27 km · Prijedor 61 km · Sisak 65 km · Karlovac 66 km · Velika Gorica 84 km · Centar 94 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 Cazin (44.9669°, 15.9431°, elevation 325 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).