Climate averages 1991–2020
Hradec Králové weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Hradec Králové: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pardubice (19 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Hradec Králové, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Hradec Králové ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 18.4°C; Hradec Králové is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 66 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
Hradec Králové climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 8.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 36 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 59 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 11.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 65 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 59 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.0°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.3 | 8.18 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
- Pardubice in MayCzechia · 19 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in MayPoland · 70 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in MayPoland · 77 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Liberec in MayCzechia · 83 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Prague in MayCzechia · 102 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Legnica in MayPoland · 114 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Olomouc in MayCzechia · 122 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Brno in MayCzechia · 126 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 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 Hradec Králové) is explained once on the Hradec Králové year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.