Climate averages 1991–2020
Pilsen 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 Pilsen: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 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 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prague (84 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pilsen, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Pilsen ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 18.4°C; Pilsen is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 73 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
Pilsen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 45 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 42 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 69 | 10.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 42 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 9.8 | 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
- Prague in MayCzechia · 84 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in MayCzechia · 112 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 71 mm rain
- České Budějovice in MayCzechia · 117 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Regensburg in MayGermany · 123 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Chemnitz in MayGermany · 125 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Zwickau in MayGermany · 126 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Bayreuth in MayGermany · 131 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Dresden in MayGermany · 147 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 75 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 Pilsen) is explained once on the Pilsen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.