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Zagreb in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Zagreb is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Zagreb is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
14h 55mon average

Is May a good time to visit Zagreb?

Yes. May is one of Zagreb's best months (May to June, or September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in May, against 44°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 7°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 30% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in May, against 34% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

14h 55m in May, against 8h 43m to 15h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April65°18°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May73°23°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June81°27°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Zagreb sits, in May

Europe/Zagreb
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:25 AMsets 8:19 PM
Above the sea
130 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rovinj200 km south-west

The land around Zagreb, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Croatia in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Zagreb

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Zagreb. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (130 m) against the climate model's (181 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (130 m) against the climate model's (181 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.