Lazarevac weather in May

In May, Lazarevac sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lazarevac's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lazarevac's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:18 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Lazarevac is municipality of Belgrade, Serbia.

Density
61/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 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lazarevac 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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How May really feels in Lazarevac

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.

Lazarevac weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°469.44.690.0
Feb / -1°469.3410.11.2
Mar13° / 569.9211.63.7
Apr19° / 5510.40.213.25.8
May23° / 12°6911.7014.66.6
Jun27° / 16°6610.7015.36.4
Jul29° / 17°649.10155.7
Aug29° / 17°477.4013.85.9
Sep24° / 13°537.4012.37.3
Oct19° / 487.5010.86.3
Nov12° / 508.41.89.43.3
Dec / -1°529.53.78.70.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lazarevac gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days in May, the wettest month. 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 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
336
436
536
637
737
837
937
1037
1137
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1437
1536
1636
1737
1837
1937
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2137
2238
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3040
3140

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
192800
291900
3891010
4881110
5871210
6861310
7851410
8841510
9831610
10821710
11801820
12791920
13782020
14762220
15742330
16732430
17702640
18682750
19672850
20652960
21633070
22613180
23603280
24583390
255634100
265534110
275335120
285235130
295135140
304836160
314636171

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 4:05 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:08 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:386:35
214.04:366:36
314.04:356:37
414.14:336:39
514.14:326:40
614.24:306:41
714.24:296:42
814.34:286:43
914.34:266:45
1014.34:256:46
1114.44:246:47
1214.44:226:48
1314.54:216:49
1414.54:206:50
1514.54:196:52
1614.64:186:53
1714.64:176:54
1814.74:166:55
1914.74:156:56
2014.74:146:57
2114.84:136:58
2214.84:126:59
2314.84:117:00
2414.94:107:01
2514.94:097:02
2614.94:087:03
2714.94:077:04
2815.04:077:05
2915.04:067:06
3015.04:057:07
3115.14:057:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lazarevac?

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
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lazarevac for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lazarevac in May

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

In May, Lazarevac 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 Lazarevac 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 Lazarevac peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lazarevac 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 Lazarevac is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2116 µg/m³Dec 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lazarevac?

Lazarevac sits at 44.4°N, 20.3°E, 117 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Aranđelovac, 26 km away.

AranđelovacObrenovacValjevoSremčicaGornji MilanovacBelgradeZemunČačak

Topography around Lazarevac

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lazarevac has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,335 m.

The land around Lazarevac is covered by trees (29%), grassland (28%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (41%), cropland (28%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
482 m
80 km
1,335 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Aranđelovac 26 km · Obrenovac 30 km · Valjevo 31 km · Sremčica 34 km · Gornji Milanovac 43 km · Belgrade 49 km · Zemun 52 km · Čačak 55 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 Lazarevac (44.3853°, 20.2557°, elevation 117 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).