Zrenjanin weather in May

In May, Zrenjanin sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.1 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 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 Zrenjanin's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zrenjanin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:14 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Zrenjanin is city in Serbia.

Density
418/km²
people per km²
Founded
1326

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 Zrenjanin 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 17°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 Zrenjanin

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.

Zrenjanin 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°3982.98.90.0
Feb / -1°408.8310.10.7
Mar12° / 438.61.511.63.4
Apr18° / 55100.113.25.8
May23° / 12°6411.1014.76.7
Jun27° / 16°7311.4015.46.3
Jul29° / 17°629.9015.15.7
Aug29° / 17°557.9013.96.1
Sep24° / 13°527.5012.37.2
Oct18° / 487.6010.76.0
Nov11° / 4781.19.32.8
Dec / -1°499.12.58.60.2

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25347
35248
45248
55149
65050
74951
84951
94852
104852
114852
124852
134852
144852
154753
164753
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194753
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275050
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305149
315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zrenjanin gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
334
434
534
635
735
836
936
1036
1136
1236
1336
1436
1536
1636
1735
1835
1935
2036
2136
2236
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2437
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2738
2839
2939
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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19280
29190
39190
490100
589110
689110
788120
888120
987130
1086131
1185141
1284151
1384151
1482162
1581172
1679183
1777194
1876204
1974215
2072226
2170237
2268248
2366259
2465269
25632710
26612811
27592912
28573013
29543115
30533116
31513217

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
111calm
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510calm
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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 4:35 AM to 4:01 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 7:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:356:36
214.14:336:38
314.14:326:39
414.24:306:40
514.24:296:42
614.34:276:43
714.34:266:44
814.34:256:45
914.44:236:47
1014.44:226:48
1114.54:216:49
1214.54:196:50
1314.64:186:51
1414.64:176:53
1514.64:166:54
1614.74:146:55
1714.74:136:56
1814.84:126:57
1914.84:116:59
2014.84:107:00
2114.94:097:01
2214.94:087:02
2314.94:077:03
2415.04:067:04
2515.04:057:05
2615.04:047:06
2715.14:047:07
2815.14:037:08
2915.14:027:09
3015.14:017:10
3115.24:017:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.7Bright
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285.9Bright
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zrenjanin?

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 Zrenjanin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zrenjanin in May

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

In May, Zrenjanin 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 Zrenjanin 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 Zrenjanin peaks around July 12 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zrenjanin?

Zrenjanin sits at 45.4°N, 20.4°E, 81 m above sea level, in Serbia. The nearest listed city is Bečej, 38 km away.

BečejInđijaNovi SadStara PazovaKikindaNova PazovaFutogZemun

Topography around Zrenjanin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zrenjanin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 488 m.

The land around Zrenjanin is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), cropland (25%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
488 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bečej 38 km · Inđija 44 km · Novi Sad 45 km · Stara Pazova 48 km · Kikinda 50 km · Nova Pazova 51 km · Futog 55 km · Zemun 60 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 Zrenjanin (45.3836°, 20.3819°, 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).