Malacky weather in May

In May, Malacky sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.3 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 19°C in the first days to 22°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 Malacky's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malacky's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:18 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Malacky is town in Slovakia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 15.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
692/km²
people per km²
Founded
1206

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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Malacky reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Malacky

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.

Malacky 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 / -3°348.54.18.60.0
Feb / -2°327.63.49.90.2
Mar10° / 418.8211.62.2
Apr16° / 4380.313.45.0
May20° / 10°6911.30156.2
Jun24° / 14°7711.3015.86.6
Jul26° / 16°8311.8015.56.5
Aug26° / 15°689.9014.16.8
Sep20° / 11°678.9012.46.5
Oct14° / 468.50.210.64.3
Nov / 448.81.591.3
Dec / -1°408.83.38.20.0

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 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Malacky gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.3 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. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
131
232
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433
534
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735
835
936
1036
1136
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1437
1537
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1737
1837
1937
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2137
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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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29640
39640
49550
59460
69460
79370
89370
99280
109280
119190
129190
139190
1490100
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1689110
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1887121
1986131
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2185141
2283152
2382162
2480173
2579183
2677194
2776204
2873225
2971236
3069247
3166268

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:41 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:416:57
214.34:406:58
314.44:387:00
414.44:367:01
514.54:357:03
614.54:337:04
714.64:317:06
814.64:307:07
914.74:287:08
1014.74:277:10
1114.84:257:11
1214.84:247:13
1314.94:227:14
1414.94:217:15
1515.04:207:17
1615.04:187:18
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1815.14:167:21
1915.14:147:22
2015.24:137:23
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2215.24:117:26
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 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

Is May a good time to visit Malacky?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Malacky for sightseeing.

What to pack for Malacky in May

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

In May, Malacky sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Malacky 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 Malacky 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
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Malacky 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 Malacky is worst in June — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Malacky's WHO annual average of 15.7 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1519 µg/m³Dec 1212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Malacky?

Malacky sits at 48.4°N, 17.0°E, 164 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Pezinok, 24 km away.

PezinokDevínska Nová VesDúbravkaDlhé dielyKarlova VesStaré MestoBratislavaPetržalka

Topography around Malacky

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malacky has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 167 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m.

The land around Malacky is covered by trees (35%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
624 m
80 km
873 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Pezinok 24 km · Devínska Nová Ves 26 km · Dúbravka 28 km · Dlhé diely 31 km · Karlova Ves 32 km · Staré Mesto 32 km · Bratislava 33 km · Petržalka 36 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 Malacky (48.436°, 17.0219°, elevation 164 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).