Climate averages 1991–2020
Pardubice 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 Pardubice: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hradec Králové (19 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Pardubice, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Pardubice ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 18.4°C; Pardubice is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 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
Pardubice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 47 | 11.2 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 39 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 52 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 10.0 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 71 | 12.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 78 | 11.9 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 10.9 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 68 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 49 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 9.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.28 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
- Hradec Králové in MayCzechia · 19 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in MayPoland · 89 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Liberec in MayCzechia · 96 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in MayPoland · 96 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Prague in MayCzechia · 97 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Brno in MayCzechia · 111 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Olomouc in MayCzechia · 117 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Legnica in MayPoland · 133 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 55 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 Pardubice) is explained once on the Pardubice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.