Jelenia Góra weather in May

In May, Jelenia Góra sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jelenia Góra's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jelenia Góra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
85 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:15 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Jelenia Góra is city with powiat rights of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
708/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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Jelenia Góra reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Jelenia Góra

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.

Jelenia Góra weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°6213.18.48.20.0
Feb / -4°5011.67.99.70.0
Mar / -1°6413.56.411.50.6
Apr12° / 5110.61.913.53.2
May17° / 8513.70.115.34.9
Jun20° / 11°9513.8016.25.6
Jul22° / 13°12014.5015.86.0
Aug22° / 12°9312014.36.4
Sep17° / 7411.3012.45.2
Oct12° / 5911.10.510.43.0
Nov / 5411.13.78.70.6
Dec / -3°5612.27.37.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jelenia Góra gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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544
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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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29910
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199460
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229280
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2688111
2787121
2886131
2984142
3083152
3183152

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 15 h 54 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 4:40 AM to 3:57 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:52 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:407:09
214.54:387:10
314.64:367:12
414.64:347:13
514.74:337:15
614.84:317:17
714.84:297:18
814.94:277:20
914.94:267:21
1015.04:247:23
1115.04:227:24
1215.14:217:26
1315.14:197:27
1415.24:187:29
1515.24:167:30
1615.34:157:32
1715.34:137:33
1815.44:127:35
1915.44:117:36
2015.54:097:38
2115.54:087:39
2215.64:077:40
2315.64:057:42
2415.64:047:43
2515.74:037:44
2615.74:027:46
2715.84:017:47
2815.84:007:48
2915.83:597:49
3015.93:587:51
3115.93:577:52

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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44.8Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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105.0Bright
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145.0Bright
155.1Bright
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255.2Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Jelenia Góra?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Jelenia Góra for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jelenia Góra in May

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

In May, Jelenia Góra sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Jelenia Góra 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 Jelenia Góra peaks around June 20 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 20UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Jelenia Góra 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 Jelenia Góra is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Jelenia Góra's WHO annual average of 20.1 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1724 µg/m³Dec 1215 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Jelenia Góra?

Jelenia Góra sits at 50.9°N, 15.7°E, 331 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Kamienna Góra, 25 km away.

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Topography around Jelenia Góra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jelenia Góra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m around an average of 368 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,238 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,572 m.

The land around Jelenia Góra is covered by trees (51%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
205 m
16 km
1,238 m
80 km
1,572 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kamienna Góra 25 km · Złotoryja 29 km · Jawor 37 km · Boguszów-Gorce 37 km · Lubań 39 km · Trutnov 40 km · Wałbrzych 42 km · Świebodzice 42 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 Jelenia Góra (50.8997°, 15.729°, elevation 331 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).