Climate averages 1991–2020
Košice weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Košice: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prešov (32 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Košice, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Košice ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 19.4°C; Košice is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Košice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 14.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Prešov in MaySlovakia · 32 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Miskolc in MayHungary · 77 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MayUkraine · 77 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in MayHungary · 91 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MayPoland · 109 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MayUkraine · 112 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Debrecen in MayHungary · 134 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Tarnów in MayPoland · 146 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 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 Košice) is explained once on the Košice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.