Climate averages 1991–2020
Prilep 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 Prilep: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (73 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, 2.6°C warmer than Prilep, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Prilep ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 22.1°C; Prilep is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 31 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
Prilep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 53 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 10.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 31 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 21 | 4.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 8.5 | 9.39 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 · 73 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MayNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 118 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 126 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 128 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Évosmos in MayGreece · 136 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in MayGreece · 140 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 145 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 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 Prilep) is explained once on the Prilep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.