Žatec weather in May

In May, Žatec sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 54 mm of rain across 11.5 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Žatec's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Žatec's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
54 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:26 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Žatec is town in Louny District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.

Density
444/km²
people per km²
Founded
1052

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 Žatec 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)
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How May really feels in Žatec

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.

Žatec 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°338.94.78.30.0
Feb / -2°267.13.89.70.0
Mar / 3692.511.51.2
Apr13° / 348.70.413.53.8
May18° / 5411.5015.25.5
Jun21° / 11°6311.4016.16.2
Jul24° / 13°7011.7015.76.6
Aug23° / 13°6110.3014.36.8
Sep18° / 478.5012.45.9
Oct12° / 4190.210.53.3
Nov / 377.91.68.80.6
Dec / -2°368.74.47.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Žatec gets around 54 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
336
437
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738
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938
1038
1138
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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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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259280
269190
2790100
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3087121
3186131

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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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 4:50 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:507:16
214.54:487:17
314.54:477:19
414.64:457:20
514.64:437:22
614.74:417:24
714.84:407:25
814.84:387:27
914.94:367:28
1014.94:357:30
1115.04:337:31
1215.04:327:33
1315.14:307:34
1415.14:287:36
1515.24:277:37
1615.24:267:39
1715.34:247:40
1815.34:237:41
1915.44:217:43
2015.44:207:44
2115.44:197:46
2215.54:187:47
2315.54:177:48
2415.64:157:49
2515.64:147:51
2615.64:137:52
2715.74:127:53
2815.74:117:54
2915.84:107:56
3015.84:097:57
3115.84:087:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Žatec?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Žatec for sightseeing.

What to pack for Žatec in May

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

In May, Žatec sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Žatec 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 Žatec 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Žatec 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 Žatec is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1321 µg/m³Dec 1414 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Žatec?

Žatec sits at 50.3°N, 13.5°E, 233 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Chomutov, 17 km away.

RakovníkLitvínovSlaný

Topography around Žatec

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Žatec has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 240 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 370 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,205 m.

The land around Žatec is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
104 m
16 km
370 m
80 km
1,205 m
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May weather nearby: Chomutov 17 km · Louny 18 km · Jirkov 20 km · Most 21 km · Kadaň 21 km · Rakovník 28 km · Litvínov 31 km · Slaný 40 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 Žatec (50.3272°, 13.5458°, elevation 233 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).