Legnica weather in May

In May, Legnica sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-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 22% 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 Legnica's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Legnica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:12 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Legnica is city with powiat rights of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,884/km²
people per km²
Founded
1264

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

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.

Legnica weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°4310.74.68.20.0
Feb / -2°348.94.29.60.0
Mar / 4911.63.111.51.4
Apr14° / 368.10.513.54.3
May19° / 5510.90.115.36.0
Jun22° / 12°6311.1016.36.4
Jul25° / 14°8312.1015.96.6
Aug24° / 14°599.9014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°559.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 459.10.210.43.9
Nov / 399.21.78.71.1
Dec / -1°3910.13.77.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
33961
43961
53862
63763
73763
83664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Legnica gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
132
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334
434
535
635
735
835
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1234
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3136

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
29820
39820
49730
59730
69730
79640
89640
99550
109550
119550
129460
139460
149460
159370
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179370
189280
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209091
219091
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2388111
2488111
2586122
2685132
2784142
2883152
2981163
3081163
3180173

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 4:37 AM to 3:54 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:377:08
214.64:367:09
314.64:347:11
414.74:327:13
514.74:307:14
614.84:287:16
714.84:267:17
814.94:257:19
915.04:237:21
1015.04:217:22
1115.14:207:24
1215.14:187:25
1315.24:167:27
1415.24:157:28
1515.34:137:30
1615.34:127:31
1715.44:107:33
1815.44:097:34
1915.54:087:36
2015.54:067:37
2115.64:057:39
2215.64:047:40
2315.74:027:41
2415.74:017:43
2515.74:007:44
2615.83:597:45
2715.83:587:47
2815.93:577:48
2915.93:567:49
3015.93:557:50
3116.03:547:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.1 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 Legnica?

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

May is a reasonable time to visit Legnica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Legnica in May

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

In May, Legnica sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Legnica 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 Legnica 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Legnica 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 Legnica is worst in June — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Legnica's WHO annual average of 17 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1720 µg/m³Dec 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Legnica?

Legnica sits at 51.2°N, 16.2°E, 121 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jawor, 18 km away.

ŚwiebodziceBolesławiecJelenia Góra

Topography around Legnica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Legnica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,538 m.

The land around Legnica is covered by trees (30%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
197 m
80 km
1,538 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Jawor 18 km · Złotoryja 19 km · Lubin 21 km · Strzegom 30 km · Polkowice 33 km · Świebodzice 40 km · Bolesławiec 42 km · Jelenia Góra 46 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 Legnica (51.2101°, 16.1619°, elevation 121 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).