Climate averages 1991–2020
Prešov weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Prešov: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Košice (32 km away). In May its highs average 19.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Prešov, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Prešov ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 19.4°C; Prešov is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 84 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
Prešov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 29 | 7.3 | 8.79 h |
| February | 3.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 37 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 53 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 84 | 13.7 | 15.315 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 84 | 12.7 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 108 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 73 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 42 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.38 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
- Košice in MaySlovakia · 32 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MayPoland · 79 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MayUkraine · 88 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Miskolc in MayHungary · 105 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Tarnów in MayPoland · 114 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in MayHungary · 121 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MayUkraine · 125 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Rzeszów in MayPoland · 128 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 92 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 Prešov) is explained once on the Prešov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.