Ústí nad Labem weather in May

In May, Ústí nad Labem sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°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 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ústí nad Labem's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ústí nad Labem's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:22 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
67%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Ústí nad Labem is city in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
962/km²
people per km²
Founded
1056

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ústí nad Labem reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 23°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 Ústí nad Labem

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.

Ústí nad Labem 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 / -4°5011.77.68.30.0
Feb / -4°399.66.19.70.0
Mar / -1°54124.611.50.8
Apr13° / 4610.91.313.53.3
May17° / 7113.60.115.25.0
Jun20° / 11°8313.4016.25.7
Jul22° / 13°9414.2015.86.1
Aug22° / 12°8512.6014.36.3
Sep17° / 6110.9012.45.3
Oct12° / 5110.60.310.42.9
Nov / 4810.438.70.5
Dec / -3°5010.96.27.80.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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

Any precipitation

Ústí nad Labem gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 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 4:05 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:477:15
214.54:467:16
314.64:447:18
414.64:427:19
514.74:407:21
614.74:387:23
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914.94:337:27
1015.04:327:29
1115.04:307:30
1215.14:287:32
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1415.24:257:35
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1615.34:227:38
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1815.44:207:41
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2215.54:147:46
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2715.74:097:53
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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 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.08 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 Ústí nad Labem?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ústí nad Labem for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ústí nad Labem in May

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

In May, Ústí nad Labem sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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UV index in Ústí nad Labem 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 Ústí nad Labem 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 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 20UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ústí nad Labem 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 Ústí nad Labem is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ústí nad Labem's WHO annual average of 13.8 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Dec 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ústí nad Labem?

Ústí nad Labem sits at 50.7°N, 14.0°E, 150 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Teplice, 15 km away.

LitvínovMostPirnaČeská Lípa

Topography around Ústí nad Labem

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ústí nad Labem has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,215 m.

The land around Ústí nad Labem is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
335 m
16 km
710 m
80 km
1,215 m
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May weather nearby: Teplice 15 km · Litoměřice 16 km · Terezín 19 km · Děčín 19 km · Litvínov 30 km · Most 33 km · Pirna 34 km · Česká Lípa 36 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 Ústí nad Labem (50.6607°, 14.0323°, elevation 150 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).