Bojnice weather in May

In May, Bojnice sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 87 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bojnice's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bojnice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:11 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Bojnice is town in Slovakia.

Density
252/km²
people per km²
Founded
1113

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 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bojnice reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2187
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How May really feels in Bojnice

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.

Bojnice weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°5110.47.78.50.0
Feb / -4°479.76.49.80.0
Mar / -1°5210.53.411.61.4
Apr14° / 559.9113.44.2
May19° / 8713.60155.6
Jun22° / 12°9012.8015.96.2
Jul24° / 13°9412.7015.56.6
Aug24° / 13°8011.3014.26.8
Sep19° / 7510.4012.45.9
Oct13° / 579.40.410.53.6
Nov / 549.93.290.9
Dec / -3°48105.68.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
35050
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55050
64951
74852
84852
94852
104951
114852
124753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bojnice gets around 87 mm of rain over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
340
441
542
643
744
844
945
1045
1145
1245
1345
1445
1545
1644
1744
1844
1943
2043
2143
2243
2343
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2543
2643
2744
2844
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3045
3145

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
59730
69640
79640
89640
99550
109550
119550
129550
139460
149460
159460
169370
179370
189181
199091
2089101
2188111
2287121
2386131
2483152
2582162
2681172
2779192
2877203
2975223
3073234
3171254

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
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
169calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:34 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:346:52
214.34:326:53
314.44:316:55
414.44:296:56
514.54:276:57
614.64:266:59
714.64:247:00
814.74:227:02
914.74:217:03
1014.84:197:05
1114.84:187:06
1214.94:167:07
1314.94:157:09
1414.94:147:10
1515.04:127:12
1615.04:117:13
1715.14:107:14
1815.14:087:16
1915.24:077:17
2015.24:067:18
2115.24:057:20
2215.34:037:21
2315.34:027:22
2415.44:017:23
2515.44:007:24
2615.43:597:26
2715.53:587:27
2815.53:577:28
2915.53:577:29
3015.63:567:30
3115.63:557:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bojnice?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bojnice for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bojnice in May

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

In May, Bojnice sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Bojnice 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 Bojnice 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 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bojnice 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 Bojnice is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1815 µg/m³Dec 139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bojnice?

Bojnice sits at 48.8°N, 18.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Prievidza, 3.0 km away.

Bánovce nad BebravouŽiar nad HronomDubnica nad VáhomRajecke TeplicePovažská Bystrica

Topography around Bojnice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bojnice has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 331 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 958 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,895 m.

The land around Bojnice is covered by trees (39%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
357 m
16 km
958 m
80 km
1,895 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Prievidza 3.0 km · Handlová 14 km · Partizánske 23 km · Bánovce nad Bebravou 25 km · Žiar nad Hronom 29 km · Dubnica nad Váhom 36 km · Rajecke Teplice 39 km · Považská Bystrica 39 km

Slovakia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,544
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 606
Religion
Roman Catholic 56%none 24%Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession 5%Greek 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 Bojnice (48.7851°, 18.5864°, elevation 0 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).