Žiar nad Hronom weather in May

In May, Žiar nad Hronom sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 94 mm of rain across 14.1 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 18°C in the first days to 20°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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Žiar nad Hronom's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Žiar nad Hronom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
94 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:10 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
61%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Žiar nad Hronom is town in Slovakia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
434/km²
people per km²
Founded
1075

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 Žiar nad Hronom reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Žiar nad Hronom

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.

Žiar nad Hronom 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 / -5°489.97.18.50.0
Feb / -4°469.36.39.80.0
Mar / -0°5410.33.211.61.3
Apr14° / 59100.713.44.0
May19° / 9414.10155.5
Jun22° / 12°9913.4015.86.1
Jul24° / 13°9913.5015.56.5
Aug24° / 13°8511.5014.16.8
Sep19° / 749.9012.45.9
Oct13° / 629.90.310.63.5
Nov / 6010.62.990.8
Dec / -3°549.95.88.20.0

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Žiar nad Hronom gets around 94 mm of rain over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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242
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443
544
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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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
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79640
89640
99640
109550
119550
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149550
159460
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2189101
2288111
2386131
2485141
2584151
2682171
2781181
2878202
2976222
3074233
3172253

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
29calm
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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 4:34 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:346:50
214.34:326:51
314.44:306:53
414.44:286:54
514.54:276:56
614.54:256:57
714.64:246:59
814.64:227:00
914.74:207:02
1014.74:197:03
1114.84:177:04
1214.84:167:06
1314.94:157:07
1414.94:137:09
1515.04:127:10
1615.04:107:11
1715.14:097:13
1815.14:087:14
1915.14:077:15
2015.24:057:16
2115.24:047:18
2215.34:037:19
2315.34:027:20
2415.34:017:21
2515.44:007:23
2615.43:597:24
2715.43:587:25
2815.53:577:26
2915.53:567:27
3015.53:557:28
3115.63:557:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.44 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 Žiar nad Hronom?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Žiar nad Hronom for sightseeing.

What to pack for Žiar nad Hronom in May

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

In May, Žiar nad Hronom sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Žiar nad Hronom 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 Žiar nad Hronom 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

Air quality in Žiar nad Hronom 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 Žiar nad Hronom is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Žiar nad Hronom's WHO annual average of 12.9 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1816 µg/m³Dec 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Žiar nad Hronom?

Žiar nad Hronom sits at 48.6°N, 18.8°E, 279 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Handlová, 16 km away.

PrievidzaBanská BystricaBojnicePartizánskeLeviceBánovce nad Bebravou

Topography around Žiar nad Hronom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Žiar nad Hronom has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m around an average of 297 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,106 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,907 m.

The land around Žiar nad Hronom is covered by trees (37%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
274 m
16 km
1,106 m
80 km
1,907 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Handlová 16 km · Zvolen 22 km · Prievidza 26 km · Banská Bystrica 27 km · Bojnice 29 km · Partizánske 34 km · Levice 46 km · Bánovce nad Bebravou 46 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 Žiar nad Hronom (48.5918°, 18.8496°, elevation 279 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).