Bačka Palanka weather in May

In May, Bačka Palanka sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bačka Palanka's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bačka Palanka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:19 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Bačka Palanka is town and municipality in Serbia.

Density
51/km²
people per km²

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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bačka Palanka reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°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 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22211
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42211
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How May really feels in Bačka Palanka

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.

Bačka Palanka weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°428.73.68.90.0
Feb / -1°428.83.310.10.8
Mar13° / 469.31.611.63.5
Apr18° / 5710.40.213.25.7
May23° / 12°6711.7014.66.6
Jun27° / 16°7711.4015.46.4
Jul29° / 17°619.3015.15.8
Aug29° / 17°508.3013.96.0
Sep24° / 13°538012.37.2
Oct18° / 517.8010.76.1
Nov11° / 5181.49.32.9
Dec / -1°519.42.98.60.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35248
45248
55149
65149
75149
85050
95050
105050
114951
124951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bačka Palanka gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
334
435
535
635
735
836
936
1036
1136
1236
1336
1436
1536
1637
1737
1837
1938
2038
2139
2239
2340
2440
2541
2641
2741
2842
2942
3042
3142

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 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
193700
292800
392800
491900
5901000
6891100
7891100
8881200
9861310
10861310
11851410
12841510
13841510
14831610
15821710
16801820
17791920
18772030
19762130
20742240
21732340
22712450
23702460
24692560
25672670
26652780
27632890
286129100
295930110
305730130
315431141

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 4:05 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:14 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:396:40
214.14:386:41
314.14:366:43
414.24:356:44
514.24:336:45
614.24:326:46
714.34:306:48
814.34:296:49
914.44:276:50
1014.44:266:51
1114.54:256:53
1214.54:246:54
1314.54:226:55
1414.64:216:56
1514.64:206:57
1614.74:196:59
1714.74:187:00
1814.74:167:01
1914.84:157:02
2014.84:147:03
2114.94:137:04
2214.94:127:05
2314.94:117:07
2415.04:107:08
2515.04:107:09
2615.04:097:10
2715.04:087:11
2815.14:077:12
2915.14:067:13
3015.14:067:14
3115.24:057:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bačka Palanka?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bačka Palanka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bačka Palanka in May

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

In May, Bačka Palanka sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bačka Palanka 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 Bačka Palanka peaks around July 19 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 19UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bačka Palanka 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 Bačka Palanka is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1416 µg/m³Dec 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bačka Palanka?

Bačka Palanka sits at 45.2°N, 19.4°E, 81 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Futog, 25 km away.

FutogVukovarNovi SadSremska MitrovicaVrbasRumaVinkovciBijeljina

Topography around Bačka Palanka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bačka Palanka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m.

The land around Bačka Palanka is covered by trees (28%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
288 m
80 km
621 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Futog 25 km · Vukovar 33 km · Novi Sad 34 km · Sremska Mitrovica 35 km · Vrbas 41 km · Ruma 43 km · Vinkovci 47 km · Bijeljina 56 km

Serbia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 45% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$15,262
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
75%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 579
Religion
Serbian Orthodox 81%unknown 5%Islam 4%Catholic 4%

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 Bačka Palanka (45.2497°, 19.3966°, elevation 81 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).