Opava weather in May

In May, Opava sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.8 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Opava's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Opava's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:10 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Opava is city in Moravia-Silesian Region, Czechia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 16.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
665/km²
people per km²
Founded
1224

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Opava reaches about 19°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 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2177
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How May really feels in Opava

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.

Opava 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°389.86.28.40.0
Feb / -3°339.15.89.70.0
Mar / 4510.83.711.51.2
Apr14° / 4710.1113.54.0
May19° / 7512.8015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°86130166.1
Jul24° / 14°9913.4015.76.4
Aug24° / 14°7210.9014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7010.8012.45.9
Oct13° / 519.40.310.53.7
Nov / 449.32.68.81.0
Dec / -2°399.257.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24456
34456
44357
54258
64258
74258
84258
94258
104258
114258
124258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Opava gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
339
440
540
641
741
842
942
1042
1142
1242
1342
1442
1542
1642
1742
1841
1941
2041
2141
2241
2341
2441
2541
2641
2741
2841
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3042
3142

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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89640
99550
109550
119550
129460
139460
149460
159370
169370
179280
189280
199190
2090100
2189110
2288111
2387121
2486131
2585141
2684151
2782162
2880182
2978193
3077203
3175214

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 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 4:34 AM to 3:53 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:346:57
214.44:326:59
314.54:307:00
414.64:297:02
514.64:277:03
614.74:257:05
714.74:237:06
814.84:227:08
914.84:207:09
1014.94:197:11
1114.94:177:12
1215.04:157:14
1315.04:147:15
1415.14:127:17
1515.14:117:18
1615.24:107:20
1715.24:087:21
1815.34:077:23
1915.34:067:24
2015.44:047:25
2115.44:037:27
2215.44:027:28
2315.54:017:29
2415.54:007:30
2515.63:587:32
2615.63:577:33
2715.63:567:34
2815.73:557:35
2915.73:547:37
3015.73:547:38
3115.83:537:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
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55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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275.2Bright
285.3Bright
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Opava?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Opava for sightseeing.

What to pack for Opava in May

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

In May, Opava sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Opava 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 Opava peaks around June 20 at about 7 (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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 20UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Opava 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 Opava is worst in June — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Opava's WHO annual average of 16.8 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1520 µg/m³Dec 1412 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Opava?

Opava sits at 49.9°N, 17.9°E, 262 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Krnov, 22 km away.

RacibórzOstravaStarý BohumínBruntálBohumínNový JičínRydułtowy

Topography around Opava

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Opava has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 264 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,357 m.

The land around Opava is covered by cropland (47%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
366 m
80 km
1,357 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Krnov 22 km · Racibórz 28 km · Ostrava 30 km · Starý Bohumín 31 km · Bruntál 32 km · Bohumín 33 km · Nový Jičín 39 km · Rydułtowy 39 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 Opava (49.9387°, 17.9026°, elevation 262 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).