Climate · Skopje

Skopje in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Skopje is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Skopje is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
14h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Skopje?


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

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 77°F in May, against 47°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in May, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in May, against 20% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in May, against 18% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

14h 33m in May, against 9h 10m to 15h 11m 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.

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  1. April67°19°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May77°25°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June86°30°low 60°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Skopje sits, in May

Europe/Skopje

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:15 AMsets 7:46 PM
Above the sea
240 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skopje. 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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.