Busko-Zdrój weather in May

In May, Busko-Zdrój sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12.9 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Busko-Zdrój's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Busko-Zdrój's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
3:56 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Busko-Zdrój is city of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 19.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,392/km²
people per km²
Founded
1150

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Busko-Zdrój reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Busko-Zdrój

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Busko-Zdrój weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°369.75.78.30.0
Feb / -3°338.84.89.70.0
Mar / -0°4210.23.111.51.2
Apr14° / 4810.21.113.54.2
May19° / 7212.9015.25.8
Jun23° / 12°7212.4016.16.3
Jul25° / 14°8713.3015.86.4
Aug25° / 14°6210.1014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°619.9012.46.1
Oct13° / 488.80.410.43.9
Nov / 388.82.38.81.0
Dec / -3°348.947.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24555
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54456
64456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Busko-Zdrój gets around 72 mm of rain over 12.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1041
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29730
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49640
59640
69550
79550
89460
99460
109370
119370
129280
139181
149181
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2087112
2186122
2285132
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2484142
2581163
2680173
2779183
2878193
2975214
3074224
3173234

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:21 AM to 3:39 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:216:47
214.54:196:49
314.54:186:51
414.64:166:52
514.74:146:54
614.74:126:55
714.84:116:57
814.84:096:58
914.94:077:00
1014.94:067:01
1115.04:047:03
1215.04:027:04
1315.14:017:06
1415.13:597:07
1515.23:587:09
1615.23:567:10
1715.33:557:12
1815.33:547:13
1915.43:527:15
2015.43:517:16
2115.53:507:17
2215.53:487:19
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2415.63:467:21
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2615.73:447:24
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2915.83:417:28
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3115.83:397:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Busko-Zdrój?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Busko-Zdrój for sightseeing.

What to pack for Busko-Zdrój in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Busko-Zdrój sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Busko-Zdrój in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Busko-Zdrój peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Busko-Zdrój in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Busko-Zdrój is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Busko-Zdrój's WHO annual average of 19.8 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2024 µg/m³Dec 1715 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Busko-Zdrój?

Busko-Zdrój sits at 50.5°N, 20.7°E, 266 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Staszów, 33 km away.

KielceMielecTarnówBrzeskoBochniaBieńczyce

Topography around Busko-Zdrój

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Busko-Zdrój.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Busko-Zdrój has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 658 m.

The land around Busko-Zdrój is covered by grassland (49%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (33%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
159 m
80 km
658 m
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May weather nearby: Staszów 33 km · Jędrzejów 35 km · Kielce 45 km · Mielec 54 km · Tarnów 54 km · Brzesko 56 km · Bochnia 59 km · Bieńczyce 65 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Busko-Zdrój (50.4708°, 20.7188°, elevation 266 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).