Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Žilina: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Žilina, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 19.4°C; Žilina is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 106 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
Žilina 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 | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 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
- Banská Bystrica in MaySlovakia · 62 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Havířov in MayCzechia · 66 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MayPoland · 70 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Ostrava in MayCzechia · 76 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Zlín in MayCzechia · 78 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in MayPoland · 82 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Rybnik in MayPoland · 98 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Tychy in MayPoland · 103 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 80 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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.