Climate and average weather in Martin

In Martin, the summers are mild, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Martin typically varies from -6°C to 22°C, and is rarely below -16°C or above 28°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 Martin for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
22°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
Jul
112 mm
Driest
Feb
57 mm
Rain / yr
924 mm
150 wet days
Daylight
8.0–16.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
400 m
49.1°N
Clearest
Aug
55% cloud

Martin is city in northern Slovakia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 15 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
755/km²
people per km²
Founded
1284

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

Martin 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 May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Martin, 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 21 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Martin is July, with an average high of 22°C and low of 12°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from November 21 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below 4°C. The coldest month of the year in Martin is January, with an average low of -6°C and high of -1°C.

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

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan0-6
Feb1-5
Mar6-2
Apr122
May177
Jun2010
Jul2212
Aug2211
Sep177
Oct113
Nov50
Dec0-4

How hot and cold Martin 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 -11°C (around January 29), with roughly 177 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 20 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-10-10-6
Feb11-9-5
Mar66-5-2
Apr121202
May171757
Jun2020910
Jul22221212
Aug22221111
Sep171767
Oct111113
Nov55-30
Dec00-8-4

Average hourly temperature in Martin

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 22°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -6°C.

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

Martin 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-1° / -6°5911.49.98.50.0
Feb / -6°5710.99.29.80.0
Mar / -2°6611.9711.60.6
Apr12° / 6511.82.513.43.1
May17° / 9515.20154.7
Jun20° / 10°10415.3015.95.5
Jul22° / 12°11215.7015.65.8
Aug22° / 11°9112.4014.26.3
Sep17° / 8011.6012.45.1
Oct11° / 6910.81.310.52.8
Nov / -0°6310.95.28.90.4
Dec / -5°6211.79.88.10.0

Chance of rain

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

Martin gets about 924 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 3.4 months, from around Apr 28 to Aug 8, peaking in July at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 21.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 112 mm over about 16 wet days; February is the driest, with 57 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 14 · 52%Oct 21 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb4011
Mar3812
Apr4012
May4815
Jun5115
Jul5016
Aug4112
Sep3912
Oct3411
Nov3711
Dec3712

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Martin collects about 924 mm of rain across 150 wet days — roughly 77 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 112 mm, while February is the driest at just 57 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec59576665951041129180696362
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan591110
Feb57119
Mar66127
Apr65123
May95150
Jun104150
Jul112160
Aug91120
Sep80120
Oct69111
Nov63115
Dec621210

Snow in Martin

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.

Martin averages about 45 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 4 to Apr 29 — about 6.8 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 44 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 210 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 27
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1042
Feb951
Mar731
Apr310
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct17
Nov523
Dec1044

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Martin, 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 16 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 6. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 55% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around April 15. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% 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 8 · 57%Nov 25 · 21%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2773
Feb2773
Mar3367
Apr3862
May4159
Jun4159
Jul5050
Aug5545
Sep4258
Oct3664
Nov2575
Dec2377

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 15, brings about 16 hours of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 8 hours — a swing of roughly 8 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.57:404:07
Feb9.87:044:54
Mar11.66:075:40
Apr13.45:016:28
May15.04:097:13
Jun15.93:457:44
Jul15.64:027:38
Aug14.24:426:55
Sep12.45:285:49
Oct10.56:144:45
Nov8.97:043:56
Dec8.17:403:41

Sunny days

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

Martin averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Jun 24 to Oct 27. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 56% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 710 daysNov 243 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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 Martin, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 12% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 6 · 100%Jul 29 · 84%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9540
Jun70265
Jul533512
Aug55378
Sep90100
Oct10000
Nov10000
Dec10000

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.

Wind in Martin is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 5 · 9 km/hAug 12 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Martin

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early June, Martin 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 Martin for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 12 · 6.5

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
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.6poor
Apr3.1poor
May4.7fair
Jun5.5fair
Jul5.8good
Aug6.3good
Sep5.1fair
Oct2.8poor
Nov0.5poor
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 Martin for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 7 · 4.8

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 Martin, 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 22°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Martin sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Martin 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 Martin 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
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Martin

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
Mar3.50
Apr60
May70
Jun8.54.5
Jul84.5
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Martin 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 Martin is worst in June — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Martin's WHO annual average of 15 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1819 µg/m³Dec 1311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Martin typically lasts about 226 days, from around April 3 to November 14 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 29 to October 7.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 350%Apr 2990%Oct 790%Nov 1450%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1331
Feb1528
Mar3031
Apr7129
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8025
Nov4830
Dec1831

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. Martin banks about 673 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May50
Jun149
Jul207
Aug203
Sep64
Oct0
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.

Martin receives about 3.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 17. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.3 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.8 kWh/m² — roughly 84% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 15.5 kWhDec 200.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb1.9Dim
Mar3.1Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.2Moderate
Oct2.0Dim
Nov1.1Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Martin?

Martin sits at 49.1°N, 18.9°E, 400 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Rajecke Teplice, 19 km away.

RužomberokDolný KubínPovažská BystricaPrievidzaHandlováBojnice

Topography around Martin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Martin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 419 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,351 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,221 m.

The land around Martin is covered by cropland (41%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (65%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
1,351 m
80 km
2,221 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Rajecke Teplice 19 km · Žilina 22 km · Ružomberok 28 km · Dolný Kubín 32 km · Považská Bystrica 37 km · Prievidza 39 km · Handlová 40 km · Bojnice 40 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 Martin (49.0665°, 18.924°, elevation 400 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).