Climate · Prague

Prague in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Prague is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Prague is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
15h 25mon average

Is May a good time to visit Prague?


A good month, just outside Prague's best months, which run from June to 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 69°F in May, against 41°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against 5°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 33% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in May, against 46% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

15h 25m in May, against 8h 08m to 16h 18m 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. April60°16°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May69°21°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June76°24°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Prague sits, in May

Europe/Prague

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:17 AMsets 8:40 PM
Above the sea
200 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Prague, 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. Prague is our one place in Czechia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Prague. 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 (200 m) against the climate model's (280 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 (200 m) against the climate model's (280 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.