Vrbas weather in May

In May, Vrbas sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 63 mm of rain across 10.9 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 25°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 Vrbas's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vrbas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:17 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Vrbas is town and municipality in Serbia.

Density
69/km²
people per km²
Founded
1387

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 Vrbas 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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22210
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How May really feels in Vrbas

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.

Vrbas 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°408.43.38.90.0
Feb / -1°418.42.910.10.7
Mar12° / 4391.511.63.4
Apr18° / 54100.213.35.7
May23° / 12°6310.9014.76.7
Jun27° / 15°7311.1015.46.4
Jul29° / 17°619.5015.15.9
Aug29° / 16°498.1013.96.1
Sep24° / 12°537.9012.37.2
Oct18° / 507.5010.76.0
Nov11° / 498.11.29.32.8
Dec / -1°509.22.48.60.1

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45149
55149
65149
75050
84951
94951
104951
114852
124852
134852
144852
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265149
275149
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295149
305149
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vrbas gets around 63 mm of rain over 10.9 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 35% 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 (%)
133
233
333
434
534
634
734
834
934
1034
1134
1234
1334
1434
1534
1634
1734
1834
1935
2035
2135
2236
2336
2437
2538
2638
2739
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 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19370
29370
39280
49190
59190
690100
789110
889110
988120
1088120
1187121
1286131
1385141
1485141
1584151
1683161
1781172
1880182
1978193
2077203
2174224
2273234
2371245
2470255
2568266
2666277
2764288
2862299
29603010
30573112
31553213

Wind in May

Winds average 10 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 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 4:37 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:376:40
214.14:366:41
314.14:346:42
414.24:336:44
514.24:316:45
614.34:306:46
714.34:286:48
814.44:276:49
914.44:266:50
1014.44:246:51
1114.54:236:53
1214.54:226:54
1314.64:206:55
1414.64:196:56
1514.74:186:57
1614.74:176:59
1714.74:167:00
1814.84:147:01
1914.84:137:02
2014.84:127:03
2114.94:117:04
2214.94:107:05
2315.04:097:07
2415.04:087:08
2515.04:087:09
2615.14:077:10
2715.14:067:11
2815.14:057:12
2915.14:047:13
3015.24:047:14
3115.24:037:15

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 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 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
15.6Bright
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55.6Bright
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vrbas?

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

May is a reasonable time to visit Vrbas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vrbas in May

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

In May, Vrbas 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 Vrbas 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 Vrbas peaks around July 15 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 15UV 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 Vrbas 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 Vrbas 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 Vrbas?

Vrbas sits at 45.6°N, 19.6°E, 85 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Bačka Topola, 27 km away.

Bačka TopolaBečejFutogNovi SadBačka PalankaSomborSentaApatin

Topography around Vrbas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vrbas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 488 m.

The land around Vrbas is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, cropland (89%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
488 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bačka Topola 27 km · Bečej 31 km · Futog 37 km · Novi Sad 39 km · Bačka Palanka 41 km · Sombor 47 km · Senta 52 km · Apatin 53 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 Vrbas (45.5714°, 19.6408°, elevation 85 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).