Slovakia weather is classified as moderate, thanks to the country’s position in northern Europe’s moderate climatic zone, wind circulation from west and altitude being the other two factors that determine its climatic condition.

The Slovakian lowlands experience significantly warmer weather than the country’s mountainous regions, the areas enjoying temperature averages of 10°C and about -3°C, -4°C respectively. The warmest part of Slovakia includes Danubian Lowland and Eastern Slovak Lowland.

Needless to say temperatures decrease and precipitation rises at Slovakia’s higher altitude areas. Slovakia weather is at its coldest on the mountain peaks with yearly temperature averages about -3°C, -4°C in summer and -10°C in winter. There are also marked variations in weather and precipitation levels during different times of the year, making weather in Slovakia rather unpredictable.

Seasons

Slovakia experiences four easily distinguishable seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter – each with its own characteristics and each lasting for three months.

Spring

Starting in mid-March, springtime in Slovakia is rather un-hospitable during its early stages, especially to the uninitiated. April is marred by chilly mornings and average temperatures of 9° C, that gradually increase as spring gets into full swing averaging 14° C in May and 17° C in June.

Summer

By the second half of June, summer is well and truly on its way. Rather hot embellished with abundant sunny weather, the summer season experiences warm nights and daytime temperatures that usually stay well above 30° C.  July is the hottest month of the year and the lowland areas around Komárno, Hurbanovo or Štúrovo feel the full effects of the occasional heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 37° C.

Autumn

Autumns in Slovakia are rainy and windy. In September temperatures drop to 14° C dipping even further to a cold 3° C in November. Towards the end of September, Slovakia enjoys its ‘Indian Summer’ and the weather is perfect for outdoors activities.


Winter

During winter temperatures tend to fall to -5° C, occasionally dropping to -10° C. Although snow only rarely descends upon the county’s lowlands, the mountains experience more than adequate snowfalls. Occasionally though, the lowlands are covered underneath a thick layer of for while for the mountainous regions it’s sunbathing time.