Ełk weather in May

In May, Ełk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ełk's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ełk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 61 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 42 min; 3:36 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Ełk is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality: Good; PM10 19.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,656/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1237

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ełk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	18	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

How May really feels in Ełk

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Ełk weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -5°	41	10.7	7.2	7.8	0.0
Feb	1° / -4°	37	9.4	6.2	9.4	0.0
Mar	5° / -2°	41	10.2	4	11.5	0.4
Apr	12° / 3°	42	9.2	1.1	13.7	3.3
May	18° / 8°	61	11.9	0.1	15.6	5.5
Jun	21° / 11°	74	12.4	0	16.7	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	81	12.2	0	16.3	6.5
Aug	23° / 13°	72	11.4	0	14.6	6.5
Sep	17° / 9°	58	9.7	0	12.5	5.4
Oct	11° / 5°	51	9.8	0.5	10.2	2.7
Nov	5° / 1°	41	10	2.8	8.3	0.3
Dec	1° / -3°	44	10.1	5.7	7.3	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45
Cloudier (%)	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ełk gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	33
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	95	95	94	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	87	87	87	87	85	85	85	84	83
Comfortable (%)	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	89	10	1
21	89	10	1
22	89	10	1
23	87	11	2
24	87	11	2
25	87	11	2
26	87	11	2
27	85	12	3
28	85	12	3
29	85	12	3
30	84	13	3
31	83	13	4

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:05 AM to 3:16 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.4
Sunrise (AM)	4:05	4:03	4:01	3:59	3:57	3:55	3:53	3:51	3:49	3:47	3:45	3:43	3:41	3:40	3:38	3:36	3:35	3:33	3:31	3:30	3:28	3:27	3:26	3:24	3:23	3:22	3:20	3:19	3:18	3:17	3:16
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:39	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.8	4:05	6:51
2	14.8	4:03	6:52
3	14.9	4:01	6:54
4	15.0	3:59	6:56
5	15.0	3:57	6:58
6	15.1	3:55	7:00
7	15.1	3:53	7:02
8	15.2	3:51	7:03
9	15.3	3:49	7:05
10	15.3	3:47	7:07
11	15.4	3:45	7:09
12	15.5	3:43	7:10
13	15.5	3:41	7:12
14	15.6	3:40	7:14
15	15.6	3:38	7:16
16	15.7	3:36	7:17
17	15.7	3:35	7:19
18	15.8	3:33	7:21
19	15.8	3:31	7:22
20	15.9	3:30	7:24
21	15.9	3:28	7:25
22	16.0	3:27	7:27
23	16.0	3:26	7:29
24	16.1	3:24	7:30
25	16.1	3:23	7:32
26	16.2	3:22	7:33
27	16.2	3:20	7:34
28	16.3	3:19	7:36
29	16.3	3:18	7:37
30	16.4	3:17	7:39
31	16.4	3:16	7:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ełk?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ełk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ełk in May

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

In May, Ełk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ełk 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 Ełk peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ełk?

Ełk sits at 53.8°N, 22.4°E, 127 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Grajewo, 21 km away.

Topography around Ełk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ełk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Ełk is covered by trees (31%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (34%), grassland (29%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), grassland (31%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

trees 31%

16 km

107 m

trees 34%

80 km

274 m

trees 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April Ełk year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Grajewo 21 km · Olecko 25 km · Augustów 40 km · Pisz 43 km · Giżycko 46 km · Suwałki 49 km · Gierłoż 63 km · Mrągowo 70 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

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 Ełk (53.8282°, 22.3647°, elevation 127 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	18	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	33
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	89	10	1
21	89	10	1
22	89	10	1
23	87	11	2
24	87	11	2
25	87	11	2
26	87	11	2
27	85	12	3
28	85	12	3
29	85	12	3
30	84	13	3
31	83	13	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	18	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	33
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	89	10	1
21	89	10	1
22	89	10	1
23	87	11	2
24	87	11	2
25	87	11	2
26	87	11	2
27	85	12	3
28	85	12	3
29	85	12	3
30	84	13	3
31	83	13	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	18	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	33
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	89	10	1
21	89	10	1
22	89	10	1
23	87	11	2
24	87	11	2
25	87	11	2
26	87	11	2
27	85	12	3
28	85	12	3
29	85	12	3
30	84	13	3
31	83	13	4