Košice weather in May

In May, Košice sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 102 mm of rain across 14.6 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Košice's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Košice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:00 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
63%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Košice is city in Slovakia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 16.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
923/km²
people per km²
Founded
1230

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Košice 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 Košice

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.

Košice weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°317.768.50.0
Feb / -4°378.46.49.80.0
Mar / -0°419.73.111.61.4
Apr15° / 6411.40.813.44.1
May19° / 10214.60155.5
Jun23° / 12°9914.3015.96.0
Jul24° / 14°12314.7015.56.2
Aug24° / 13°8911.7014.26.7
Sep19° / 6910012.46.0
Oct13° / 598.90.310.53.7
Nov / 469.32.790.8
Dec / -4°378.85.28.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34654
44654
54555
64555
74555
84555
94456
104456
114456
124357
134357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Košice gets around 102 mm of rain over 14.6 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
140
241
341
442
543
644
745
845
946
1047
1147
1248
1348
1448
1548
1648
1748
1848
1948
2048
2148
2248
2348
2448
2548
2649
2749
2849
2949
3049
3149

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
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99550
109460
119460
129370
139370
149280
159190
169190
1790100
1889110
1989110
2088120
2187130
2285141
2384151
2483161
2582171
2681181
2780191
2878202
2977212
3075223
3173234

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
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89calm
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109calm
119calm
129calm
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159calm
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179calm
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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 4:24 AM to 3:45 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:246:41
214.34:226:42
314.44:206:44
414.44:196:45
514.54:176:47
614.54:156:48
714.64:146:49
814.64:126:51
914.74:106:52
1014.74:096:54
1114.84:076:55
1214.84:066:57
1314.94:056:58
1414.94:036:59
1515.04:027:01
1615.04:007:02
1715.13:597:03
1815.13:587:05
1915.23:577:06
2015.23:557:07
2115.23:547:09
2215.33:537:10
2315.33:527:11
2415.43:517:12
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2615.43:497:15
2715.53:487:16
2815.53:477:17
2915.53:467:18
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Košice

In seasonPeak

In May, Košice sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Košice's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Košice?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Košice for sightseeing.

What to pack for Košice in May

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

In May, Košice sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Košice 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 Košice peaks around July 12 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 12UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Košice 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 Košice is worst in June — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Košice's WHO annual average of 16.1 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2019 µg/m³Dec 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Košice?

Košice sits at 48.7°N, 21.3°E, 205 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Prešov, 32 km away.

PrešovTrebišovVranov nad TopľouSátoraljaújhelyMichalovceRožňavaHumennéSpišská Nová Ves

Topography around Košice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Košice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 238 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 857 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,434 m.

The land around Košice is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
857 m
80 km
1,434 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Prešov 32 km · Trebišov 35 km · Vranov nad Topľou 37 km · Sátoraljaújhely 46 km · Michalovce 49 km · Rožňava 53 km · Humenné 54 km · Spišská Nová Ves 57 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 Košice (48.7144°, 21.258°, elevation 205 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).