Spišská Nová Ves weather in May

In May, Spišská Nová Ves sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 14.3 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 18°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 Spišská Nová Ves's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Spišská Nová Ves's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
88 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:02 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
66%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Spišská Nová Ves is town in Slovakia.

Density
523/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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Spišská Nová Ves reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°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)
1155
2165
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How May really feels in Spišská Nová Ves

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.

Spišská Nová Ves 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°297.36.68.50.0
Feb / -6°348.37.39.80.0
Mar / -2°409.55.311.60.5
Apr12° / 6111.72.413.43.0
May17° / 8814.30.1154.7
Jun20° / 10°9614.1015.95.6
Jul22° / 11°11114.4015.55.9
Aug22° / 11°8511.5014.26.4
Sep17° / 639.7012.45.3
Oct11° / 548.7110.52.9
Nov / -1°418.13.68.90.4
Dec / -5°338.26.98.10.0

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 61%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24159
34159
44060
54060
64060
73862
83862
93862
103862
113862
123763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Spišská Nová Ves gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 14.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
341
441
542
643
744
844
945
1045
1146
1246
1346
1446
1546
1646
1747
1847
1947
2047
2147
2247
2347
2447
2547
2647
2747
2848
2948
3048
3148

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17982
18982
19982
20973
21973
22964
23964
24964
25955
26946
27946
28937
29928
30919
319010

Wind in May

Winds average 9 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
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
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278calm
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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 4:26 AM to 3:46 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:266:44
214.44:246:46
314.44:226:47
414.54:216:49
514.54:196:50
614.64:176:51
714.64:166:53
814.74:146:54
914.74:136:56
1014.84:116:57
1114.84:096:59
1214.94:087:00
1314.94:077:01
1415.04:057:03
1515.04:047:04
1615.14:027:06
1715.14:017:07
1815.14:007:08
1915.23:597:10
2015.23:577:11
2115.33:567:12
2215.33:557:13
2315.33:547:15
2415.43:537:16
2515.43:527:17
2615.53:517:18
2715.53:507:20
2815.53:497:21
2915.63:487:22
3015.63:477:23
3115.63:467:24

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Spišská Nová Ves

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

Spišská Nová Ves's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Spišská Nová Ves?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Spišská Nová Ves for sightseeing.

What to pack for Spišská Nová Ves in May

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

In May, Spišská Nová Ves sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Spišská Nová Ves 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 Spišská Nová Ves 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 Spišská Nová Ves?

Spišská Nová Ves sits at 48.9°N, 20.6°E, 459 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Levoča, 9.0 km away.

RožňavaStará ĽubovňaPrešovKošiceZakopane

Topography around Spišská Nová Ves

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Spišská Nová Ves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 486 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 891 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,438 m.

The land around Spišská Nová Ves is covered by cropland (34%), trees (24%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
891 m
80 km
2,438 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Levoča 9.0 km · Poprad 23 km · Kežmarok 23 km · Rožňava 32 km · Stará Ľubovňa 40 km · Prešov 50 km · Košice 57 km · Zakopane 60 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 Spišská Nová Ves (48.9446°, 20.5615°, elevation 459 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).