Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë 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 Gjakovë: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 10.6°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 joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 20.8°C; Gjakovë is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 53 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 31 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 32 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 66 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Pristina in MayKosovo · 69 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Shkodër in MayAlbania · 83 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MaySerbia · 84 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Skopje in MayNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Podgorica in MayMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 121 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.