Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumanovo weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Kumanovo: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (28 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kumanovo, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Kumanovo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 22.1°C; Kumanovo is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 41 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
Kumanovo 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-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 8.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 40 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 54 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 58 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 53 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 41 | 8.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 30.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 46 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 8.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 54 | 8.7 | 9.29 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
- Skopje in MayNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Pristina in MayKosovo · 75 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 78 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 81 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Prilep in MayNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Leskovac in MaySerbia · 98 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 109 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 109 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°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 Kumanovo) is explained once on the Kumanovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.