Głogów weather in May

In May, Głogów sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 57 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Głogów's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Głogów's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:10 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Głogów is city and urban gmina in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Density
1,863/km²
people per km²
Founded
~950 CE

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 Głogów reaches about 20°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 Głogów

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.

Głogów 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°4410.94.48.10.0
Feb / -2°358.93.99.60.0
Mar / 4710.82.411.51.4
Apr14° / 358.50.413.64.4
May20° / 5710.7015.36.0
Jun23° / 13°6311.9016.36.3
Jul25° / 15°8511.8015.96.6
Aug25° / 14°6310.4014.46.7
Sep19° / 10°509.7012.46.1
Oct14° / 4490.210.43.9
Nov / 398.91.48.61.0
Dec / -1°40103.47.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Głogów gets around 57 mm of rain over 10.7 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 91% 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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79640
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119550
129460
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2685123
2784133
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2983143
3082153
3181154

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 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:36 AM to 3:52 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:367:09
214.64:357:11
314.74:337:13
414.74:317:14
514.84:297:16
614.84:277:18
714.94:257:19
815.04:237:21
915.04:227:22
1015.14:207:24
1115.14:187:26
1215.24:177:27
1315.24:157:29
1415.34:137:30
1515.34:127:32
1615.44:107:33
1715.44:097:35
1815.54:077:36
1915.54:067:38
2015.64:057:39
2115.64:037:41
2215.74:027:42
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2615.83:577:48
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2916.03:547:52
3016.03:537:53
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Głogów?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Głogów for sightseeing.

What to pack for Głogów in May

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

In May, Głogów sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Głogów in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Głogów peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Głogów?

Głogów sits at 51.7°N, 16.1°E, 92 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Polkowice, 18 km away.

LesznoZielona GóraLegnicaŻagańRawicz

Topography around Głogów

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Głogów has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 676 m.

The land around Głogów is covered by cropland (26%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
177 m
80 km
676 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Polkowice 18 km · Nowa Sól 30 km · Lubin 30 km · Leszno 39 km · Zielona Góra 50 km · Legnica 51 km · Żagań 53 km · Rawicz 54 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 Głogów (51.6636°, 16.0845°, elevation 92 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).