Climate averages 1991–2020
Podgorica weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Podgorica: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shkodër (46 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Podgorica, with 113 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 67 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
Podgorica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 180 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 195 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 189 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 158 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 121 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 67 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 164 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 212 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 286 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 271 | 13.5 | 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
- Shkodër in MayAlbania · 46 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 96 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 124 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Durrës in MayAlbania · 125 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MaySerbia · 128 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 129 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 132 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 140 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 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 Podgorica) is explained once on the Podgorica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.