Prijedor weather in May

In May, Prijedor sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 109 mm of rain across 13.2 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 23°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 Prijedor's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prijedor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:30 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
58%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Prijedor is city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36.7 µg/m³ · 2016
Density
44/km²
people per km²
Founded
2012

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Prijedor 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 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Prijedor

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.

Prijedor 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°6810.25.990.0
Feb / -1°679.85.310.11.0
Mar13° / 7511.33.211.63.4
Apr17° / 8612.50.813.25.1
May22° / 11°10913.2014.66.2
Jun25° / 14°9511.9015.36.6
Jul28° / 16°8710.9015.16.5
Aug27° / 16°759013.96.6
Sep23° / 12°10110.5012.36.7
Oct17° / 789.70.310.75.5
Nov11° / 8710.52.39.32.7
Dec / -1°781158.60.3

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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

Any precipitation

Prijedor gets around 109 mm of rain over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 44% 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 72% 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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285329171
295129191
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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.

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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 4:50 AM to 4:17 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:506:50
214.04:496:52
314.14:476:53
414.14:466:54
514.24:446:55
614.24:436:57
714.34:426:58
814.34:406:59
914.44:397:00
1014.44:387:01
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1214.54:357:04
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1914.84:277:12
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3015.14:177:23
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.46 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 Prijedor?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Prijedor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Prijedor in May

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

In May, Prijedor sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Prijedor 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 Prijedor peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Prijedor 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 Prijedor is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Prijedor's WHO annual average of 36.7 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 2246 µg/m³Dec 1130 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr46Poor
May41Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug37Poor
Sep31Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Prijedor?

Prijedor sits at 45.0°N, 16.7°E, 140 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Banja Luka, 45 km away.

Banja LukaBosanska KrupaCazinBihaćVelika KladušaJajcePožega

Topography around Prijedor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prijedor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 705 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,852 m.

The land around Prijedor is covered by grassland (38%), trees (24%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
705 m
80 km
1,852 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Banja Luka 45 km · Bosanska Krupa 46 km · Sisak 60 km · Cazin 61 km · Bihać 69 km · Velika Kladuša 75 km · Jajce 83 km · Požega 86 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 Prijedor (44.9799°, 16.714°, elevation 140 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).