Kroměříž weather in May

In May, Kroměříž sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 66 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kroměříž's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kroměříž's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:14 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Kroměříž is town in the Czech Republic.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
548/km²
people per km²
Founded
1110

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kroměříž reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°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 Kroměříž

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.

Kroměříž weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°379.15.48.50.0
Feb / -2°348.24.69.80.0
Mar / 419.22.111.51.7
Apr15° / 428.40.513.44.6
May20° / 6611.5015.16.0
Jun23° / 13°7411015.96.6
Jul25° / 15°8611.4015.66.7
Aug25° / 14°649.4014.27.0
Sep20° / 10°669.2012.46.3
Oct14° / 478.60.210.54.0
Nov / 458.51.98.91.1
Dec / -2°419.34.180.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 55%.

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

Any precipitation

Kroměříž gets around 66 mm of rain over 11.5 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 36% and peaks near 38% 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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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109460
119460
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2582162
2681172
2780182
2878202
2976213
3075223
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 3:58 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:386:58
214.44:366:59
314.44:347:01
414.54:327:02
514.54:317:04
614.64:297:05
714.74:277:07
814.74:267:08
914.84:247:10
1014.84:237:11
1114.94:217:12
1214.94:207:14
1315.04:187:15
1415.04:177:17
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1615.14:147:19
1715.14:137:21
1815.24:117:22
1915.24:107:24
2015.34:097:25
2115.34:077:26
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3015.63:587:37
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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 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.23 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 Kroměříž?

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
2.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kroměříž for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kroměříž in May

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

In May, Kroměříž sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kroměříž 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 Kroměříž peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

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

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kroměříž's WHO annual average of 14.2 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1617 µg/m³Dec 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kroměříž?

Kroměříž sits at 49.3°N, 17.4°E, 208 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Otrokovice, 14 km away.

ProstějovVyškovOlomouc

Topography around Kroměříž

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kroměříž has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m.

The land around Kroměříž is covered by cropland (48%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
415 m
80 km
1,123 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Otrokovice 14 km · Přerov 18 km · Zlín 22 km · Stare Mesto 25 km · Uherské Hradiště 26 km · Prostějov 28 km · Vyškov 29 km · Olomouc 35 km

Czechia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 59% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,917
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 582
Religion
none 48%believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9%Roman Catholic 7%other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

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 Kroměříž (49.2978°, 17.3931°, elevation 208 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).