Bjelovar weather in May

In May, Bjelovar sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 79 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-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 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bjelovar's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bjelovar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:27 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Bjelovar is city and settlement in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

Density
130/km²
people per km²
Founded
1756

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 Bjelovar reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°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 Bjelovar

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.

Bjelovar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°457.53.68.90.0
Feb / -1°508.33.5100.8
Mar12° / 579.21.711.63.2
Apr17° / 5910.10.313.35.3
May22° / 11°7912.1014.76.3
Jun26° / 15°8711.7015.56.5
Jul28° / 17°8010.7015.26.4
Aug27° / 16°789.30146.7
Sep22° / 12°9110.3012.36.6
Oct17° / 718.40.110.75.4
Nov10° / 719.11.59.32.3
Dec / -1°649.13.18.50.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bjelovar gets around 79 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
336
437
537
637
737
838
938
1038
1138
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3141

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 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19460
29370
39280
49190
590100
689110
789110
888120
987130
1087130
1186140
1286140
1385150
1483161
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1682171
1780182
1880182
1978193
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2176204
2274215
2373216
2471227
2569238
2668239
27662410
28632512
29612613
30582715
31562816

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 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 4:48 AM to 4:13 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:486:52
214.14:466:53
314.24:456:54
414.24:436:56
514.34:426:57
614.34:406:58
714.34:397:00
814.44:377:01
914.44:367:02
1014.54:357:03
1114.54:337:05
1214.64:327:06
1314.64:317:07
1414.64:297:08
1514.74:287:10
1614.74:277:11
1714.84:267:12
1814.84:257:13
1914.84:247:14
2014.94:227:15
2114.94:217:17
2215.04:207:18
2315.04:197:19
2415.04:197:20
2515.14:187:21
2615.14:177:22
2715.14:167:23
2815.14:157:24
2915.24:147:25
3015.24:147:26
3115.24:137:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bjelovar?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bjelovar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bjelovar in May

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

In May, Bjelovar sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Bjelovar 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 Bjelovar peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bjelovar 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 Bjelovar is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2317 µg/m³Sep 1912 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bjelovar?

Bjelovar sits at 45.9°N, 16.9°E, 113 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Koprivnica, 30 km away.

KoprivnicaSesveteVaraždinSisakNagykanizsaČakovecVelika GoricaZagreb

Topography around Bjelovar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bjelovar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 132 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m.

The land around Bjelovar is covered by cropland (30%), trees (25%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
194 m
80 km
957 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Koprivnica 30 km · Sesvete 57 km · Varaždin 60 km · Sisak 60 km · Nagykanizsa 63 km · Čakovec 63 km · Velika Gorica 64 km · Zagreb 68 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 53% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$27,104
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
87%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 617
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other Christian 5%none or atheist 5%Orthodox 3%

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 Bjelovar (45.8979°, 16.8507°, elevation 113 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).