Pezinok weather in May

In May, Pezinok sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 71 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pezinok's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pezinok's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:18 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Pezinok is town in Slovakia.

Density
336/km²
people per km²
Founded
1208

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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pezinok reaches about 21°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 Pezinok

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.

Pezinok 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°377.83.98.60.0
Feb / -2°347.93.59.90.2
Mar10° / 428.91.811.62.3
Apr16° / 468.60.413.45.1
May21° / 10°7111014.96.3
Jun24° / 14°7711.2015.86.7
Jul26° / 16°8211.8015.56.5
Aug26° / 15°699.8014.16.8
Sep21° / 11°699.3012.46.5
Oct15° / 498.90.110.64.5
Nov / 4791.891.4
Dec / -1°418.838.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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

Any precipitation

Pezinok gets around 71 mm of rain over 11 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 39% on the wettest days.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29550
39550
49460
59460
69370
79370
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 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 4:02 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:416:56
214.34:396:57
314.44:376:59
414.44:367:00
514.54:347:01
614.54:327:03
714.64:317:04
814.64:297:06
914.74:287:07
1014.74:267:08
1114.84:257:10
1214.84:237:11
1314.84:227:13
1414.94:207:14
1514.94:197:15
1615.04:187:17
1715.04:167:18
1815.14:157:19
1915.14:147:20
2015.14:137:22
2115.24:127:23
2215.24:117:24
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 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 Pezinok?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pezinok for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pezinok in May

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

In May, Pezinok sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Pezinok 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 Pezinok 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 Pezinok 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 Pezinok 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
Location & terrain

Where is Pezinok?

Pezinok sits at 48.3°N, 17.3°E, 162 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Senec, 13 km away.

Topography around Pezinok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pezinok has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 176 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 641 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m.

The land around Pezinok is covered by grassland (37%), cropland (22%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
267 m
16 km
641 m
80 km
951 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Senec 13 km · Vrakuňa 17 km · Podunajské Biskupice 18 km · Bratislava 20 km · Staré Mesto 20 km · Dúbravka 21 km · Petržalka 21 km · Karlova Ves 22 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 Pezinok (48.2899°, 17.2666°, elevation 162 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).