Goražde weather in May

In May, Goražde sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 93 mm of precipitation across 14.8 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Goražde's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goražde's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 93 mm; 14.8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 30 min; 4:25 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Goražde is city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 32.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,113/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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Goražde reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°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)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

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

How May really feels in Goražde

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.

Goražde 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -5°	57	11	8.6	9.1	0.0
Feb	5° / -4°	62	10.7	8.5	10.2	0.2
Mar	9° / -1°	73	12.2	6.7	11.6	1.9
Apr	14° / 4°	82	14.2	2.7	13.2	3.7
May	19° / 8°	93	14.8	0.3	14.5	5.3
Jun	22° / 12°	84	14.8	0	15.2	6.1
Jul	25° / 14°	74	12.3	0	14.9	6.8
Aug	25° / 14°	57	11.2	0	13.8	6.9
Sep	21° / 10°	63	10.5	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	16° / 5°	64	8.6	1.1	10.8	5.0
Nov	9° / 1°	68	9.9	4.1	9.5	2.0
Dec	4° / -3°	72	11.4	7.9	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Goražde gets around 93 mm of rain and snow over 14.8 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 48% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	52
27	53
28	53
29	54
30	54
31	54

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 97% 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	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	91	90	88
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	12

	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	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	88	12

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 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:44 AM to 4:12 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:11 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)	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0
Sunrise (AM)	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:29	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:23	4:22	4:21	4:20	4:19	4:18	4:17	4:16	4:16	4:15	4:14	4:13	4:13	4:12
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	4:44	6:38
2	14.0	4:43	6:40
3	14.0	4:41	6:41
4	14.0	4:40	6:42
5	14.1	4:38	6:43
6	14.1	4:37	6:44
7	14.2	4:36	6:46
8	14.2	4:34	6:47
9	14.2	4:33	6:48
10	14.3	4:32	6:49
11	14.3	4:31	6:50
12	14.4	4:29	6:51
13	14.4	4:28	6:52
14	14.4	4:27	6:54
15	14.5	4:26	6:55
16	14.5	4:25	6:56
17	14.6	4:24	6:57
18	14.6	4:23	6:58
19	14.6	4:22	6:59
20	14.7	4:21	7:00
21	14.7	4:20	7:01
22	14.7	4:19	7:02
23	14.8	4:18	7:03
24	14.8	4:17	7:04
25	14.8	4:16	7:05
26	14.8	4:16	7:06
27	14.9	4:15	7:07
28	14.9	4:14	7:08
29	14.9	4:13	7:09
30	15.0	4:13	7:10
31	15.0	4:12	7:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.37 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)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Goražde?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Goražde for sightseeing.

What to pack for Goražde in May

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

In May, Goražde sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Goražde in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goražde peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Goražde 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 Goražde is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Goražde's WHO annual average of 32.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	29	37	46	45	42	36	43	28	24	22	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	46	Poor
May	45	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Goražde?

Goražde sits at 43.7°N, 19.0°E, 348 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Pljevlja, 46 km away.

Topography around Goražde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goražde has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m around an average of 518 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,295 m.

The land around Goražde is covered by trees (80%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

624 m

trees 80%

16 km

1,158 m

trees 89%

80 km

2,295 m

trees 74%

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

May weather nearby: Pljevlja 46 km · Sarajevo 54 km · Srebrenica 55 km · Ilidža 57 km · Žabljak 58 km · Zlatibor 59 km · Visoko 73 km · Užice 73 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

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 Goražde (43.6679°, 18.9756°, elevation 348 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	52
27	53
28	53
29	54
30	54
31	54

	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	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	52
27	53
28	53
29	54
30	54
31	54

	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	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	52
27	53
28	53
29	54
30	54
31	54

	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	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	88	12