Climate averages 1991–2020
České Budějovice weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in České Budějovice: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linz (76 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than České Budějovice, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, České Budějovice ranks joint 10th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 18.4°C; České Budějovice is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
České Budějovice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 40 | 9.7 | 8.79 h |
| February | 4.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 47 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 43 | 9.3 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 75 | 12.7 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 78 | 13.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 90 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 11.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 60 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 48 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 42 | 8.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 40 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Linz in MayAustria · 76 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Pilsen in MayCzechia · 117 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Prague in MayCzechia · 124 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Pardubice in MayCzechia · 151 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Brno in MayCzechia · 157 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Vienna in MayAustria · 164 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Salzburg in MayAustria · 168 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in MayCzechia · 169 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for České Budějovice) is explained once on the České Budějovice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.