Prešov weather in May

In May, Prešov sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 84 mm of rain across 13.7 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 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Prešov's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prešov's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:00 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Prešov is city in Slovakia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 18.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,177/km²
people per km²
Founded
1247

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Prešov reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°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)
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How May really feels in Prešov

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.

Prešov 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°297.35.98.50.0
Feb / -4°368.66.39.80.0
Mar / -1°369.13.311.61.3
Apr14° / 5410.61.113.44.1
May19° / 8413.70155.6
Jun22° / 12°8412.7015.96.2
Jul24° / 14°10813.5015.66.4
Aug24° / 13°7310.5014.26.9
Sep19° / 659.3012.46.0
Oct13° / 578.80.410.53.7
Nov / 428.32.88.90.8
Dec / -4°348.55.38.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34654
44654
54555
64555
74456
84456
94456
104357
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134258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Prešov gets around 84 mm of rain over 13.7 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
338
438
539
640
740
841
942
1043
1143
1244
1344
1445
1545
1645
1745
1846
1946
2046
2146
2246
2346
2446
2546
2646
2746
2846
2946
3046
3146

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59820
69730
79730
89730
99640
109640
119640
129550
139550
149460
159460
169370
179370
189280
199190
2090100
2189110
2288120
2387130
2486140
2585150
2684160
2783170
2881190
2979201
3078211
3177221

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
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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 4:23 AM to 3:43 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:236:41
214.44:216:43
314.44:206:44
414.54:186:46
514.54:166:47
614.64:146:49
714.64:136:50
814.74:116:52
914.74:106:53
1014.84:086:55
1114.84:076:56
1214.94:056:58
1314.94:046:59
1415.04:027:00
1515.04:017:02
1615.14:007:03
1715.13:587:04
1815.13:577:06
1915.23:567:07
2015.23:547:08
2115.33:537:10
2215.33:527:11
2315.43:517:12
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2815.53:467:18
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 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 Prešov?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Prešov for sightseeing.

What to pack for Prešov in May

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

In May, Prešov sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Prešov 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 Prešov 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 Prešov 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 Prešov is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Prešov's WHO annual average of 18.2 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2022 µg/m³Dec 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Prešov?

Prešov sits at 49.0°N, 21.2°E, 253 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Košice, 32 km away.

KošiceBardejovVranov nad TopľouLevočaSpišská Nová VesHumennéStará ĽubovňaTrebišov

Topography around Prešov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prešov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,448 m.

The land around Prešov is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
241 m
16 km
873 m
80 km
2,448 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Košice 32 km · Bardejov 33 km · Vranov nad Topľou 35 km · Levoča 47 km · Spišská Nová Ves 50 km · Humenné 50 km · Stará Ľubovňa 52 km · Trebišov 54 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 Prešov (48.9992°, 21.2355°, elevation 253 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).