Lubań weather in May

In May, Lubań sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 13.8 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 19°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 Lubań's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lubań's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
83 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:16 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Lubań is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 32.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,380/km²
people per km²

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lubań reaches about 17°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 11°C and 24°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)
1166
2166
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How May really feels in Lubań

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.

Lubań 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°7113.98.98.20.0
Feb / -3°57127.89.60.0
Mar / -0°6913.65.911.50.7
Apr12° / 5110.81.913.53.3
May17° / 8313.80.115.35.0
Jun20° / 11°9313.4016.25.7
Jul22° / 13°11414.3015.96.1
Aug22° / 12°9612014.46.4
Sep17° / 7711.5012.45.3
Oct12° / 6211.40.510.43.0
Nov / 6111.53.98.70.6
Dec / -2°6613.67.57.80.0

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
34060
44060
53862
63961
73961
83862
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113862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lubań gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 13.8 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 (%)
142
243
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545
645
745
846
946
1045
1145
1245
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2142
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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 (%)
19910
29910
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119820
129730
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149730
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199460
209370
219370
229280
239190
2489101
2588111
2687121
2786131
2885141
2985141
3083152
3182162

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
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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 4:41 AM to 3:58 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:417:11
214.64:397:13
314.64:377:14
414.74:367:16
514.74:347:17
614.84:327:19
714.84:307:21
814.94:287:22
914.94:277:24
1015.04:257:25
1115.14:237:27
1215.14:227:28
1315.24:207:30
1415.24:197:32
1515.34:177:33
1615.34:167:35
1715.44:147:36
1815.44:137:37
1915.54:117:39
2015.54:107:40
2115.54:097:42
2215.64:077:43
2315.64:067:45
2415.74:057:46
2515.74:047:47
2615.84:037:48
2715.84:027:50
2815.84:017:51
2915.94:007:52
3015.93:597:53
3115.93:587:55

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 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 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
24.8Bright
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44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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95.0Bright
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275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lubań?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lubań for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lubań in May

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

In May, Lubań sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lubań 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 Lubań peaks around June 20 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 20UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lubań 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 Lubań is worst in June — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1617 µg/m³Dec 1112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lubań?

Lubań sits at 51.1°N, 15.3°E, 221 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Zgorzelec, 20 km away.

Jelenia GóraZittauLiberecLöbau

Topography around Lubań

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lubań has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 238 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,573 m.

The land around Lubań is covered by trees (39%), cropland (28%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
353 m
80 km
1,573 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Zgorzelec 20 km · Görlitz 21 km · Bolesławiec 25 km · Bogatynia 33 km · Jelenia Góra 39 km · Zittau 42 km · Liberec 42 km · Löbau 43 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 Lubań (51.1201°, 15.2877°, elevation 221 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).