Climate averages 1991–2020
Novi Sad weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Novi Sad: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zrenjanin (45 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Novi Sad, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Novi Sad ranks joint 1st of 13 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 22.1°C; Novi Sad is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 78 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
Novi Sad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 10.2 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 67 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 78 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 63 | 9.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 54 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 51 | 9.7 | 8.89 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
- Zrenjanin in MaySerbia · 45 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Novi Beograd in MaySerbia · 68 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Belgrade in MaySerbia · 70 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Pančevo in MaySerbia · 76 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Osijek in MayCroatia · 95 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Subotica in MaySerbia · 95 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Szeged in MayHungary · 114 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Tuzla in MayBosnia and Herzegovina · 122 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 116 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 Novi Sad) is explained once on the Novi Sad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.