Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Skopje: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Skopje, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 22.1°C; Skopje is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 38 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 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
- Kumanovo in MayNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 64 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Prilep in MayNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Pristina in MayKosovo · 78 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 93 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 109 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Leskovac in MaySerbia · 119 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.