Říčany weather in May

In May, Říčany sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 68 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Říčany's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Říčany's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:22 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Říčany is town in the Czech Republic.

Density
664/km²
people per km²
Founded
1289

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Říčany 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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How May really feels in Říčany

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.

Říčany 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°3910.158.40.0
Feb / -2°338.43.89.70.1
Mar / 4411.12.811.51.5
Apr14° / 399.60.613.54.1
May19° / 6812.3015.15.7
Jun22° / 12°7912.3016.16.2
Jul24° / 14°8012.4015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°7310.3014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°589.1012.46.1
Oct13° / 449.30.210.53.7
Nov / 419.31.68.80.9
Dec / -1°429.647.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
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44159
54159
64060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Říčany gets around 68 mm of rain over 12.3 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 (%)
138
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439
539
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1738
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29910
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119730
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139640
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209280
219190
2289110
2388120
2486131
2585141
2684151
2782171
2881181
2979192
3078202
3176213

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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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 4:47 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:477:10
214.44:457:12
314.54:437:13
414.64:417:15
514.64:407:17
614.74:387:18
714.74:367:20
814.84:357:21
914.84:337:23
1014.94:317:24
1114.94:307:26
1215.04:287:27
1315.04:277:29
1415.14:257:30
1515.14:247:31
1615.24:227:33
1715.24:217:34
1815.34:207:36
1915.34:187:37
2015.44:177:38
2115.44:167:40
2215.44:157:41
2315.54:137:42
2415.54:127:44
2515.64:117:45
2615.64:107:46
2715.64:097:47
2815.74:087:49
2915.74:077:50
3015.74:067:51
3115.84:067:52

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 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 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 Říčany?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Říčany for sightseeing.

What to pack for Říčany in May

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

In May, Říčany sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Říčany 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 Říčany peaks around June 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Říčany 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 Říčany is worst in March — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2320 µg/m³Dec 1113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Říčany?

Říčany sits at 50.0°N, 14.7°E, 343 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Horní Měcholupy, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Říčany

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Říčany has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m.

The land around Říčany is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
358 m
80 km
729 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Horní Měcholupy 9.0 km · Háje 10 km · Hostivař 11 km · Chodov 12 km · Záběhlice 13 km · Černý Most 14 km · Staré Strašnice 14 km · Michle 15 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 Říčany (49.9917°, 14.6543°, elevation 343 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).