Gračanica weather in May

In May, Gračanica sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 102 mm of rain across 13.8 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 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 Gračanica's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gračanica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:25 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Gračanica is populated place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Density
73/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 Gračanica 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 Gračanica

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.

Gračanica 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°6210.66.590.0
Feb / -2°6210.25.510.10.9
Mar12° / 7311.63.211.63.2
Apr17° / 8412.80.913.25.1
May22° / 11°10213.8014.66.0
Jun25° / 14°9912.6015.36.5
Jul27° / 16°8710.80156.6
Aug27° / 16°659.1013.96.8
Sep23° / 12°8110.3012.36.8
Oct17° / 658.70.210.75.7
Nov11° / 709.92.59.42.8
Dec / -1°72115.38.70.2

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 (%)
14951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gračanica gets around 102 mm of rain over 13.8 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 rain averages around 45% and peaks near 48% 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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
192800
291900
3901000
4891100
5871300
6861400
7851500
8841600
9831700
10811900
11792010
12782110
13772210
14762310
15742420
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17712630
18692740
19672850
20662860
21642970
22632980
23613090
246030100
255930110
265631130
275531140
285232160
295032171
304833181
314633201

Wind in May

Winds average 7 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
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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 4:45 AM to 4:11 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:456:43
214.04:436:45
314.14:426:46
414.14:406:47
514.24:396:48
614.24:376:49
714.24:366:51
814.34:356:52
914.34:336:53
1014.44:326:54
1114.44:316:56
1214.54:296:57
1314.54:286:58
1414.54:276:59
1514.64:267:00
1614.64:257:01
1714.74:237:03
1814.74:227:04
1914.74:217:05
2014.84:207:06
2114.84:197:07
2214.84:187:08
2314.94:177:09
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2514.94:167:11
2615.04:157:12
2715.04:147:13
2815.04:137:14
2915.04:137:15
3015.14:127:16
3115.14:117:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.21 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gračanica?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gračanica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gračanica in May

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

In May, Gračanica sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gračanica 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 Gračanica peaks around July 24 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 24UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Gračanica 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 Gračanica is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Dec 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gračanica?

Gračanica sits at 44.7°N, 18.3°E, 188 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Doboj, 18 km away.

DobojGradačacLukavacTuzlaTeslicBrčkoSlavonski BrodZenica

Topography around Gračanica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gračanica has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,852 m.

The land around Gračanica is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
301 m
16 km
766 m
80 km
1,852 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Doboj 18 km · Gradačac 22 km · Lukavac 25 km · Tuzla 34 km · Teslic 37 km · Brčko 44 km · Slavonski Brod 56 km · Zenica 64 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 Gračanica (44.7031°, 18.3101°, elevation 188 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).