Kumanovo weather in May

In May, Kumanovo sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 53 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kumanovo's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kumanovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 4:18 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Kumanovo is town and seat of Kumanovo Municipality, Macedonia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM10 52.1 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 147/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1094

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kumanovo reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
Avg low (°C)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	22	9
8	22	9
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	23	10
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	25	12

How May really feels in Kumanovo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Kumanovo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / -2°	41	8	4.7	9.3	0.0
Feb	7° / -1°	40	7.3	4.3	10.3	1.1
Mar	12° / 2°	54	9.4	2.8	11.6	3.3
Apr	17° / 6°	58	10.1	0.8	13.1	5.4
May	23° / 10°	53	10.8	0	14.4	6.7
Jun	27° / 14°	41	8.8	0	15	6.6
Jul	30° / 16°	27	6.6	0	14.8	5.7
Aug	30° / 16°	26	5.2	0	13.7	5.8
Sep	25° / 12°	31	5.6	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	18° / 7°	46	6.2	0.3	10.8	6.4
Nov	11° / 3°	47	8.1	1.8	9.6	3.0
Dec	6° / -1°	54	8.7	3.7	9	0.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	59	60
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	59	41
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kumanovo gets around 53 mm of rain over 10.8 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	85
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
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27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:36 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:55 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:36	4:35	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:23	4:22	4:21	4:20	4:19	4:18	4:17	4:16	4:15	4:14	4:13	4:12	4:12	4:11	4:10	4:09	4:09	4:08	4:07	4:07	4:06
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	4:36	6:24
2	13.8	4:35	6:26
3	13.9	4:33	6:27
4	13.9	4:32	6:28
5	14.0	4:31	6:29
6	14.0	4:30	6:30
7	14.0	4:28	6:31
8	14.1	4:27	6:32
9	14.1	4:26	6:33
10	14.2	4:25	6:34
11	14.2	4:23	6:36
12	14.2	4:22	6:37
13	14.3	4:21	6:38
14	14.3	4:20	6:39
15	14.3	4:19	6:40
16	14.4	4:18	6:41
17	14.4	4:17	6:42
18	14.4	4:16	6:43
19	14.5	4:15	6:44
20	14.5	4:14	6:45
21	14.5	4:13	6:46
22	14.6	4:12	6:47
23	14.6	4:12	6:48
24	14.6	4:11	6:49
25	14.7	4:10	6:50
26	14.7	4:09	6:51
27	14.7	4:09	6:52
28	14.7	4:08	6:52
29	14.8	4:07	6:53
30	14.8	4:07	6:54
31	14.8	4:06	6:55

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kumanovo?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kumanovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kumanovo in May

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

In May, Kumanovo sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kumanovo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kumanovo peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Kumanovo 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 Kumanovo is worst in May — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	12	15	15	16	14	13	14	11	11	11	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kumanovo?

Kumanovo sits at 42.1°N, 21.7°E, 352 m above sea level, in North Macedonia. The nearest listed city is Lipkovo, 11 km away.

Topography around Kumanovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kumanovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 368 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,259 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,585 m.

The land around Kumanovo is covered by cropland (39%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, cropland (44%), grassland (31%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

150 m

cropland 39%

16 km

1,259 m

cropland 44%

80 km

2,585 m

trees 52%

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← April Kumanovo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Lipkovo 11 km · Staro Nagoričane 12 km · Ilinden 19 km · Butel 25 km · Šuto Orizare 26 km · Čair 26 km · Kisela Voda 27 km · Studeničani 28 km

North Macedonia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,490; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 81%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 595
Religion

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 Kumanovo (42.1328°, 21.7158°, elevation 352 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	22	9
8	22	9
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	23	10
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	22	9
8	22	9
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	23	10
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	22	9
8	22	9
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	23	10
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15