Subotica weather in May

In May, Subotica sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.7 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 28% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Subotica's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Subotica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:15 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Subotica is city in Serbia.

Density
345/km²
people per km²
Founded
1391

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 Subotica 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 Subotica

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.

Subotica 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°367.72.98.90.0
Feb / -2°418.12.7100.5
Mar12° / 428.71.611.63.1
Apr18° / 489.70.213.35.6
May23° / 12°6511.4014.76.6
Jun27° / 15°7011.5015.56.4
Jul29° / 17°649.8015.26.0
Aug28° / 16°528.40146.3
Sep23° / 12°568.2012.37.1
Oct17° / 528.1010.75.8
Nov10° / 467.91.29.22.5
Dec / -1°5092.48.50.1

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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
35149
45149
54951
64951
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84852
94852
104852
114852
124753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Subotica gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.4 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 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
534
634
735
835
935
1036
1136
1236
1336
1437
1537
1637
1737
1838
1938
2038
2138
2239
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2439
2539
2639
2740
2840
2940
3041
3141

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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19550
29550
39460
49460
59370
69370
79280
89280
99190
109091
119091
1289101
1388111
1488111
1587121
1686131
1784142
1883152
1982162
2079183
2178193
2277203
2375214
2473234
2571245
2670255
2768266
2865278
2963289
30612910
31602911

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 4:36 AM to 4:01 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:366:41
214.14:356:42
314.24:336:44
414.24:316:45
514.34:306:46
614.34:286:47
714.44:276:49
814.44:266:50
914.54:246:51
1014.54:236:53
1114.54:216:54
1214.64:206:55
1314.64:196:56
1414.74:186:58
1514.74:166:59
1614.74:157:00
1714.84:147:01
1814.84:137:02
1914.94:127:04
2014.94:117:05
2114.94:107:06
2215.04:097:07
2315.04:087:08
2415.04:077:09
2515.14:067:10
2615.14:057:11
2715.14:047:12
2815.24:037:14
2915.24:027:15
3015.24:027:15
3115.34:017:16

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.72 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 Subotica?

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
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Subotica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Subotica in May

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

In May, Subotica sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Subotica 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 Subotica peaks around July 14 at about 8 (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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Subotica 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 Subotica is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1615 µg/m³Dec 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Subotica?

Subotica sits at 46.1°N, 19.7°E, 115 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Palić, 7.0 km away.

Bačka TopolaSentaSzegedÚjszegedBajaSombor

Topography around Subotica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Subotica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m.

The land around Subotica is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
201 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Palić 7.0 km · Bačka Topola 32 km · Senta 37 km · Kiskunhalas 40 km · Szeged 41 km · Újszeged 42 km · Baja 56 km · Sombor 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 Subotica (46.1°, 19.6667°, elevation 115 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).