Šabac weather in May

In May, Šabac sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 71 mm of rain across 11.8 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 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Šabac's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Šabac's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:19 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Šabac is city in Serbia.

Density
69/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 Šabac 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 30°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 Šabac

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.

Šabac 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°459.34.290.0
Feb / -1°458.93.810.11.1
Mar13° / 539.8211.63.6
Apr19° / 5810.50.313.25.8
May23° / 12°7111.8014.66.6
Jun27° / 16°7511.8015.36.2
Jul29° / 18°649.90155.5
Aug30° / 17°528.1013.95.8
Sep24° / 13°538.5012.37.1
Oct19° / 517.6010.76.2
Nov12° / 508.61.69.43.1
Dec / -1°539.438.70.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 (%)
15050
24951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Šabac gets around 71 mm of rain over 11.8 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
135
235
335
435
535
636
736
837
937
1037
1138
1238
1338
1438
1538
1638
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1839
1939
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2641
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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 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19190
29190
390100
489110
589110
688120
786131
886131
985141
1084151
1184151
1283161
1381172
1480182
1579192
1676213
1775223
1873234
1970255
2069265
2167276
2265287
2364297
2462308
2560319
26583210
27563311
28553312
29523414
30503515
31483517

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
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59calm
69calm
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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 4:39 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:396:38
214.04:386:39
314.14:366:40
414.14:356:42
514.24:336:43
614.24:326:44
714.24:306:45
814.34:296:47
914.34:286:48
1014.44:266:49
1114.44:256:50
1214.54:246:51
1314.54:226:53
1414.54:216:54
1514.64:206:55
1614.64:196:56
1714.74:186:57
1814.74:176:58
1914.74:166:59
2014.84:157:01
2114.84:147:02
2214.84:137:03
2314.94:127:04
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2514.94:107:06
2615.04:097:07
2715.04:087:08
2815.04:087:09
2915.04:077:10
3015.14:067:11
3115.14:067:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.64 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 Šabac?

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 Šabac for sightseeing.

What to pack for Šabac in May

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

In May, Šabac 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 Šabac 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 Šabac peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Šabac 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 Šabac 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 Šabac?

Šabac sits at 44.7°N, 19.7°E, 79 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Sremska Mitrovica, 26 km away.

Sremska MitrovicaRumaBijeljinaObrenovacLoznicaInđijaStara PazovaNova Pazova

Topography around Šabac

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Šabac has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,335 m.

The land around Šabac is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
1,335 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sremska Mitrovica 26 km · Ruma 31 km · Bijeljina 38 km · Obrenovac 42 km · Loznica 43 km · Inđija 46 km · Stara Pazova 46 km · Nova Pazova 47 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 Šabac (44.7467°, 19.69°, elevation 79 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).