Hvar Weather in May
Hvar in May
The short of it: Hvar in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 15° · rain 48 mm · daylight 14 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Hvar an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 48 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 23°, with nights near 15°. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 39 min in mid-May, 78 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Hvar runs about middling and drier than most in May. Stari Grad, 13 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Hvar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stari GradSplit-Dalmatia | 13 km E | 23° | 15° | 49 mm |
| BolSplit-Dalmatia | 20 km ENE | 22° | 13° | 51 mm |
| JelsaSplit-Dalmatia | 20 km E | 23° | 15° | 48 mm |
| VisSplit-Dalmatia | 24 km WSW | 23° | 15° | 44 mm |
| SupetarSplit-Dalmatia | 25 km NNE | 24° | 16° | 52 mm |
| Vela LukaDubrovnik-Neretva | 33 km SE | 23° | 15° | 44 mm |
| Dugi RatSplit-Dalmatia | 34 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 54 mm |
| JeseniceSplit-Dalmatia | 35 km NNE | 22° | 14° | 54 mm |