Humenné weather in May

In May, Humenné sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 89 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 25% 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 Humenné's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Humenné's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
3:57 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Humenné is town in the Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,064/km²
people per km²
Founded
1317

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 Humenné reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1187
2187
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How May really feels in Humenné

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.

Humenné weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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°4911.18.98.50.0
Feb / -4°5110.37.99.80.0
Mar / -1°4810.53.711.61.2
Apr14° / 5811.41.113.44.1
May19° / 89140155.6
Jun23° / 12°9213.6015.96.2
Jul24° / 14°10913.7015.56.4
Aug24° / 13°7211.1014.26.8
Sep19° / 7210.2012.46.0
Oct13° / 659.90.310.53.7
Nov / 5810.53.58.90.8
Dec / -3°5711.48.68.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 (%)
15248
25248
35149
45149
55149
65050
74951
84852
94753
104753
114753
124753
134654
144654
154456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Humenné gets around 89 mm of rain over 14 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 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
137
238
338
439
540
640
741
841
942
1043
1143
1243
1344
1444
1545
1645
1745
1846
1946
2047
2147
2247
2348
2448
2548
2648
2748
2848
2948
3048
3148

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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29730
39730
49640
59550
69550
79460
89370
99280
109280
119190
1290100
1389110
1488120
1587130
1686140
1785150
1884160
1982171
2081181
2180191
2279201
2377212
2476222
2575232
2674242
2772253
2871263
2970264
3068275
3167285

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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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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 4:20 AM to 3:41 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 7:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:206:39
214.44:196:40
314.44:176:42
414.54:156:43
514.54:146:45
614.64:126:46
714.64:106:47
814.74:096:49
914.74:076:50
1014.84:066:52
1114.84:046:53
1214.94:036:55
1314.94:016:56
1415.04:006:57
1515.03:586:59
1615.13:577:00
1715.13:567:02
1815.13:547:03
1915.23:537:04
2015.23:527:05
2115.33:517:07
2215.33:507:08
2315.33:487:09
2415.43:477:11
2515.43:467:12
2615.53:457:13
2715.53:447:14
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2915.63:437:16
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3115.63:417:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Humenné?

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
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Humenné for sightseeing.

What to pack for Humenné in May

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

In May, Humenné sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Humenné 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 Humenné peaks around July 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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 11UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Humenné 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 Humenné is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Humenné's WHO annual average of 17.7 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1922 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Humenné?

Humenné sits at 48.9°N, 21.9°E, 152 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Vranov nad Topľou, 18 km away.

TrebišovUzhhorodPrešovKošiceBardejov

Topography around Humenné

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Humenné has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 950 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,382 m.

The land around Humenné is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
256 m
16 km
950 m
80 km
1,382 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Vranov nad Topľou 18 km · Snina 18 km · Michalovce 20 km · Trebišov 37 km · Uzhhorod 44 km · Prešov 50 km · Košice 54 km · Bardejov 61 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 Humenné (48.9371°, 21.9163°, elevation 152 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).