Strakonice weather in May

In May, Strakonice sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 77 mm of rain across 13.5 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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Strakonice's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Strakonice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:28 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Strakonice is town in the Czech Republic.

Density
645/km²
people per km²
Founded
1243

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Strakonice reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°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)
1166
2177
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10177
11178
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How May really feels in Strakonice

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.

Strakonice 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 / -3°4010.26.58.50.0
Feb / -3°328.24.89.80.0
Mar / 4911.64.111.61.2
Apr13° / 4510.21.413.43.6
May18° / 7713.5015.15.3
Jun21° / 12°8413.4015.95.9
Jul23° / 13°9014015.66.3
Aug23° / 13°8311.5014.26.6
Sep18° / 6010012.45.7
Oct12° / 499.60.510.53.3
Nov / 428.92.68.90.7
Dec / -2°4210.15.68.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43862
53763
63763
73763
83862
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103763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Strakonice gets around 77 mm of rain over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
341
441
542
642
742
842
942
1042
1142
1242
1342
1443
1543
1643
1743
1843
1943
2043
2143
2243
2344
2444
2544
2644
2744
2844
2944
3045
3145

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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49910
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69910
79910
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109820
119820
129820
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199550
209460
219370
229280
239190
2490100
2589110
2688120
2786131
2885141
2983161
3082171
3181181

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
110calm
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510calm
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249calm
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279calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 4:52 AM to 4:12 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:52 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:527:11
214.44:507:13
314.44:487:15
414.54:467:16
514.54:457:17
614.64:437:19
714.74:417:20
814.74:407:22
914.84:387:23
1014.84:377:25
1114.94:357:26
1214.94:347:28
1314.94:327:29
1415.04:317:31
1515.04:297:32
1615.14:287:33
1715.14:277:35
1815.24:257:36
1915.24:247:37
2015.34:237:39
2115.34:227:40
2215.34:207:41
2315.44:197:43
2415.44:187:44
2515.54:177:45
2615.54:167:46
2715.54:157:47
2815.64:147:49
2915.64:137:50
3015.64:127:51
3115.74:127:52

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Strakonice?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Strakonice for sightseeing.

What to pack for Strakonice in May

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

In May, Strakonice sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Strakonice 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 Strakonice peaks around June 23 at about 8 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Strakonice 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 Strakonice is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Strakonice?

Strakonice sits at 49.3°N, 13.9°E, 393 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Písek, 19 km away.

KlatovyPříbramČeské BudějoviceTáborCesky KrumlovPilsenKarlštejn

Topography around Strakonice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Strakonice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 425 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,240 m.

The land around Strakonice is covered by trees (33%), cropland (29%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), trees (31%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (50%), grassland (23%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
478 m
80 km
1,240 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Písek 19 km · Klatovy 46 km · Příbram 48 km · České Budějovice 52 km · Tábor 57 km · Cesky Krumlov 58 km · Pilsen 66 km · Karlštejn 78 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 Strakonice (49.2614°, 13.9024°, elevation 393 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).