Rožňava weather in May

In May, Rožňava sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 93 mm of rain across 14.7 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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Rožňava's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rožňava's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:03 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Rožňava is town in Slovakia.

Density
375/km²
people per km²
Founded
1230

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Rožňava reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 23°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)
1166
2166
3166
4166
5176
6176
7176
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9176
10177
11177
12177
13177
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31199

How May really feels in Rožňava

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.

Rožňava 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-1° / -7°327.66.78.50.0
Feb / -6°378.47.19.80.0
Mar / -2°428.84.211.60.8
Apr13° / 6411.41.413.43.4
May17° / 9314.70155.0
Jun21° / 11°9814.2015.85.7
Jul23° / 12°10814.1015.56.1
Aug23° / 12°8812.7014.26.4
Sep18° / 649.8012.45.5
Oct12° / 5990.710.53.1
Nov / -0°5193.290.5
Dec / -5°398.76.38.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
44258
54159
64159
74159
84060
94060
104060
114060
124060
134060
143961
154060
164060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rožňava gets around 93 mm of rain over 14.7 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
142
243
343
444
544
645
745
846
946
1047
1147
1247
1348
1448
1548
1648
1748
1848
1948
2048
2148
2248
2349
2449
2549
2649
2749
2849
2949
3050
3150

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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119820
129820
139820
149820
159730
169730
179640
189640
199550
209550
219460
229370
239370
249280
259280
269190
2790100
2889110
2988120
3087130
3185141

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 4:27 AM to 3:48 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:276:43
214.34:256:45
314.44:236:46
414.44:226:48
514.54:206:49
614.54:186:51
714.64:176:52
814.64:156:54
914.74:136:55
1014.74:126:56
1114.84:106:58
1214.84:096:59
1314.94:087:01
1414.94:067:02
1515.04:057:03
1615.04:037:05
1715.14:027:06
1815.14:017:07
1915.24:007:09
2015.23:587:10
2115.23:577:11
2215.33:567:13
2315.33:557:14
2415.33:547:15
2515.43:537:16
2615.43:527:17
2715.53:517:18
2815.53:507:20
2915.53:497:21
3015.63:487:22
3115.63:487:23

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 0.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 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
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Rožňava

In seasonPeak

In May, Rožňava sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rožňava's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Rožňava?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Rožňava for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rožňava in May

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

In May, Rožňava sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Rožňava 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 Rožňava peaks around July 12 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 12UV 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 Rožňava?

Rožňava sits at 48.7°N, 20.5°E, 318 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Spišská Nová Ves, 32 km away.

Spišská Nová VesLevočaKazincbarcikaPopradRimavská SobotaÓzdKošiceKežmarok

Topography around Rožňava

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rožňava has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m around an average of 395 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,472 m.

The land around Rožňava is covered by trees (55%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
535 m
16 km
1,123 m
80 km
2,472 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Spišská Nová Ves 32 km · Levoča 40 km · Kazincbarcika 46 km · Poprad 48 km · Rimavská Sobota 49 km · Ózd 52 km · Košice 53 km · Kežmarok 53 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 Rožňava (48.6601°, 20.5376°, elevation 318 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).