Lublin weather in May

In May, Lublin sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 75 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°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 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lublin's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lublin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
3:46 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Lublin is capital of Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 18.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,280/km²
people per km²
Founded
1317

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lublin 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 25°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 Lublin

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.

Lublin weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°4210.26.58.20.0
Feb / -4°39106.99.60.0
Mar / -1°4710.84.111.50.8
Apr14° / 5210.71.113.53.8
May19° / 7513.1015.35.6
Jun22° / 12°7912.2016.36.2
Jul24° / 14°8813015.96.5
Aug24° / 13°7010014.46.9
Sep18° / 6610012.45.8
Oct12° / 499.70.510.43.3
Nov / 419.53.18.70.7
Dec / -3°4110.367.70.0

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
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64456
74456
84357
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114258
124159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lublin gets around 75 mm of rain over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1544
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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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
59640
69640
79550
89550
99460
109460
119271
129181
139091
149091
1589101
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1887121
1986122
2085132
2185132
2285132
2383143
2483143
2582153
2682153
2780164
2880164
2979174
3077185
3177185

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 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 4:12 AM to 3:28 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:126:42
214.64:106:44
314.64:086:45
414.74:066:47
514.74:046:49
614.84:026:50
714.94:016:52
814.93:596:53
915.03:576:55
1015.03:566:57
1115.13:546:58
1215.13:527:00
1315.23:517:01
1415.23:497:03
1515.33:487:04
1615.33:467:06
1715.43:457:07
1815.43:437:09
1915.53:427:10
2015.53:407:12
2115.63:397:13
2215.63:387:15
2315.73:377:16
2415.73:357:17
2515.73:347:19
2615.83:337:20
2715.83:327:21
2815.93:317:22
2915.93:307:24
3015.93:297:25
3116.03:287:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lublin?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lublin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lublin in May

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

In May, Lublin sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Lublin 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 Lublin peaks around July 17 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lublin 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 Lublin is worst in June — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lublin's WHO annual average of 18.1 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2323 µg/m³Dec 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lublin?

Lublin sits at 51.3°N, 22.6°E, 184 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Świdnik, 9.0 km away.

KraśnikPuławyKrasnystawRadzyń PodlaskiDęblin

Topography around Lublin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lublin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 191 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m.

The land around Lublin is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
260 m
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May weather nearby: Świdnik 9.0 km · Łęczna 22 km · Lubartów 23 km · Kraśnik 44 km · Puławy 46 km · Krasnystaw 52 km · Radzyń Podlaski 59 km · Dęblin 61 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 Lublin (51.2506°, 22.5701°, elevation 184 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).