Rimavská Sobota weather in May

In May, Rimavská Sobota sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rimavská Sobota's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rimavská Sobota's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:06 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Rimavská Sobota is town in Slovakia.

Density
276/km²
people per km²
Founded
1268

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Rimavská Sobota reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Rimavská Sobota

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.

Rimavská Sobota weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°378.168.60.0
Feb / -4°408.75.89.90.0
Mar / -1°428.22.411.61.8
Apr15° / 529.40.313.44.6
May20° / 7012.10156.0
Jun23° / 11°7512.3015.86.5
Jul25° / 13°7912.1015.56.5
Aug25° / 13°6210.2014.16.9
Sep20° / 568.6012.46.3
Oct14° / 569.30.210.63.9
Nov / 559.72.291.0
Dec / -4°449.34.98.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
34951
44852
54852
64852
74852
84753
94753
104852
114753
124654
134654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rimavská Sobota gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
235
335
436
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637
737
838
939
1039
1139
1240
1340
1440
1540
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3141

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39820
49820
59730
69730
79730
89730
99640
109640
119640
129640
139640
149550
159550
169550
179460
189370
199280
209190
2190100
2289110
2388120
2487130
2585141
2684151
2783161
2882171
2980182
3079192
3176213

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 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 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:29 AM to 3:51 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 7:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:296:45
214.34:286:46
314.44:266:48
414.44:246:49
514.54:236:51
614.54:216:52
714.64:196:53
814.64:186:55
914.74:166:56
1014.74:156:58
1114.84:136:59
1214.84:127:00
1314.94:117:02
1414.94:097:03
1514.94:087:05
1615.04:067:06
1715.04:057:07
1815.14:047:08
1915.14:037:10
2015.24:017:11
2115.24:007:12
2215.23:597:14
2315.33:587:15
2415.33:577:16
2515.43:567:17
2615.43:557:18
2715.43:547:19
2815.53:537:21
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Rimavská Sobota?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Rimavská Sobota for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rimavská Sobota in May

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

In May, Rimavská Sobota sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rimavská Sobota 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 Rimavská Sobota peaks around July 13 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 13UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rimavská Sobota?

Rimavská Sobota sits at 48.4°N, 20.0°E, 208 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Lučenec, 27 km away.

LučenecÓzdSalgótarjánKazincbarcikaRožňavaBreznoDiósgyőrEger

Topography around Rimavská Sobota

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rimavská Sobota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 236 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,980 m.

The land around Rimavská Sobota is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, trees (42%), cropland (36%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
173 m
16 km
381 m
80 km
1,980 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Lučenec 27 km · Ózd 28 km · Salgótarján 36 km · Kazincbarcika 48 km · Rožňava 49 km · Brezno 55 km · Diósgyőr 58 km · Eger 59 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 Rimavská Sobota (48.3828°, 20.0224°, elevation 208 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).