Climate averages 1991–2020
Pristina weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Pristina: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mitrovicë (34 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Pristina, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Pristina ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 20.8°C; Pristina is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 65 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
Pristina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 12.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 9.2 | 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
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 34 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 45 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 69 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Leskovac in MaySerbia · 73 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MaySerbia · 74 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MayNorth Macedonia · 75 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Skopje in MayNorth Macedonia · 78 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 49 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 Pristina) is explained once on the Pristina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.