Climate averages 1991–2020
Leskovac 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 Leskovac: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niš (36 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Leskovac, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Leskovac ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 22.1°C; Leskovac is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 59 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
Leskovac climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 47 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 45 | 9.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 61 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 67 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 59 | 9.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 45 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 46 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 57 | 10.2 | 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
- Niš in MaySerbia · 36 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Pristina in MayKosovo · 73 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Kruševac in MaySerbia · 82 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 89 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MayNorth Macedonia · 98 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Pernik in MayBulgaria · 99 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 116 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Sofia in MayBulgaria · 117 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°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 Leskovac) is explained once on the Leskovac year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.