Climate and average weather in Karlova Ves

In Karlova Ves, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late April to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Karlova Ves typically varies from -2°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -11°C or above 33°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Karlova Ves for warm-weather activities is from late April to early October.

Hottest
Jul
27°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Jul
78 mm
Driest
Feb
32 mm
Rain / yr
639 mm
111 wet days
Daylight
8.1–15.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
178 m
48.2°N
Clearest
Aug
50% cloud

Karlova Ves is borough of Bratislava (Slovakia).

Density
3,236/km²
people per km²
Founded
1786

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Karlova Ves weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Karlova Ves, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from May 22 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 21°C. The hottest month of the year in Karlova Ves is July, with an average high of 27°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 20 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Karlova Ves is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 3°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3-2
Feb5-1
Mar102
Apr166
May2111
Jun2414
Jul2716
Aug2616
Sep2112
Oct157
Nov83
Dec3-1

How hot and cold Karlova Ves really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -7°C (around January 27), with roughly 133 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33-7-2
Feb55-6-1
Mar1010-22
Apr161646
May21211011
Jun24241414
Jul27271616
Aug26261616
Sep21211212
Oct151557
Nov8803
Dec33-5-1

Average hourly temperature in Karlova Ves

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Karlova Ves weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°357.93.78.60.0
Feb / -1°327.73.19.90.2
Mar10° / 428.81.911.62.4
Apr16° / 448.10.413.45.2
May21° / 11°6911.1014.96.3
Jun24° / 14°7311.3015.86.7
Jul27° / 16°7811.6015.46.5
Aug26° / 16°679.5014.16.8
Sep21° / 12°679012.46.6
Oct15° / 488.70.210.64.5
Nov / 468.81.691.5
Dec / -1°408.42.98.20.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Karlova Ves gets about 639 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around Apr 30 to Sep 12, peaking in June at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 15.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 78 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 32 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 5 · 40%Jan 15 · 24%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan258
Feb278
Mar289
Apr288
May3511
Jun3711
Jul3712
Aug3210
Sep309
Oct289
Nov299
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Karlova Ves collects about 639 mm of rain across 111 wet days — roughly 53 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 78 mm, while February is the driest at just 32 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec353242446973786767484640
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3584
Feb3283
Mar4292
Apr4480
May69110
Jun73110
Jul78120
Aug67100
Sep6790
Oct4890
Nov4692
Dec4083

Snow in Karlova Ves

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Karlova Ves averages about 14 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 30 to Apr 14 — about 5.5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 13 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 55 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 24
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan413
Feb316
Mar28
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov25
Dec311

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Karlova Ves, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 13 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around October 16. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 61% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 17 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around April 12. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 63%Nov 24 · 23%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3070
Feb3466
Mar3961
Apr4555
May4654
Jun5149
Jul5743
Aug6139
Sep5050
Oct4258
Nov2773
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 19, brings about 15 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 19, only 8 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.67:444:18
Feb9.97:105:03
Mar11.66:145:48
Apr13.45:106:34
May14.94:197:17
Jun15.83:577:47
Jul15.44:137:42
Aug14.14:527:00
Sep12.45:365:56
Oct10.66:204:54
Nov9.07:084:06
Dec8.27:433:53

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Karlova Ves averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Apr 11 to Oct 6. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 5 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 412 daysNov 244 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep10Mixed
Oct8Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Karlova Ves, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around May 28 to September 9. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 30% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 10 to May 27, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 21 · 100%Jul 31 · 61%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May841320
Jun4832182
Jul3436274
Aug3438253
Sep712450
Oct95500
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Karlova Ves is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Oct 23 to Apr 24. The windiest month is February, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 28 to Oct 22, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 9 · 13 km/hAug 15 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec12light breeze

Best time to visit Karlova Ves

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Karlova Ves throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Karlova Ves is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Karlova Ves for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 27 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.4poor
Apr5.1fair
May6.3good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.6good
Oct4.4fair
Nov1.5poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Karlova Ves for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 6.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Karlova Ves, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Karlova Ves sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Karlova Ves by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Karlova Ves peaks around July 11 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 11UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Karlova Ves

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar40
Apr60
May71
Jun84
Jul84.5
Aug72
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Karlova Ves by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Karlova Ves is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1516 µg/m³Dec 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Karlova Ves typically lasts about 280 days, from around March 1 to December 5 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 5 to October 30.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 150%Apr 590%Oct 3090%Dec 550%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3031
Feb3928
Mar6931
Apr954
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct964
Nov7730
Dec4031

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Karlova Ves banks about 1,407 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr40
May175
Jun278
Jul349
Aug339
Sep188
Oct37
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Karlova Ves receives about 3.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.9 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.9 kWh/m² — roughly 85% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 285.9 kWhDec 160.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb2.0Moderate
Mar3.2Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.4Bright
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep3.5Moderate
Oct2.2Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.9Dim

Where is Karlova Ves?

Karlova Ves sits at 48.2°N, 17.1°E, 178 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Dlhé diely, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Karlova Ves

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karlova Ves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 825 m.

The land around Karlova Ves is covered by trees (65%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
229 m
16 km
480 m
80 km
825 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Dlhé diely 1.0 km · Staré Mesto 3.0 km · Bratislava 4.0 km · Dúbravka 4.0 km · Petržalka 6.0 km · Devínska Nová Ves 8.0 km · Vrakuňa 12 km · Podunajské Biskupice 12 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 Karlova Ves (48.1534°, 17.0552°, elevation 178 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).