Malbork weather in May

In May, Malbork sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 61 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 15.7 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 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Malbork's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malbork's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
3:49 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Malbork is city in northern Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 20.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,140/km²
people per km²
Founded
1201

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 Malbork 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 12°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)
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How May really feels in Malbork

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.

Malbork 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 / -3°3710.157.70.0
Feb / -3°318.74.99.40.0
Mar / -1°379.7311.50.7
Apr13° / 419.30.813.73.5
May17° / 6111.6015.75.4
Jun20° / 11°7111.9016.86.0
Jul23° / 14°8613.2016.36.3
Aug23° / 13°6811.3014.66.6
Sep18° / 10°528.8012.55.8
Oct12° / 479.80.110.23.3
Nov / 399.51.68.30.6
Dec / -2°4210.14.47.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24654
34654
44654
54654
64654
74555
84456
94456
104456
114357
124357
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314852

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Malbork gets around 61 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
130
231
331
432
533
634
735
836
936
1037
1138
1238
1339
1439
1539
1639
1739
1839
1939
2039
2139
2239
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2438
2538
2637
2737
2836
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3036
3135

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79820
89820
99730
109730
119640
129640
139550
149451
159361
169361
179271
189271
199181
208992
218992
2288102
2387112
2486122
2584133
2684133
2783143
2882153
2981154
3080164
3180164

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:18 AM to 3:28 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.84:187:05
214.94:157:06
314.94:137:08
415.04:117:10
515.04:097:12
615.14:077:14
715.24:057:16
815.24:037:17
915.34:017:19
1015.43:597:21
1115.43:587:23
1215.53:567:25
1315.53:547:26
1415.63:527:28
1515.73:507:30
1615.73:497:32
1715.83:477:33
1815.83:457:35
1915.93:447:37
2015.93:427:38
2116.03:417:40
2216.03:397:41
2316.13:387:43
2416.13:377:44
2516.23:357:46
2616.23:347:47
2716.33:337:49
2816.33:327:50
2916.43:307:52
3016.43:297:53
3116.43:287:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Malbork?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Malbork for sightseeing.

What to pack for Malbork in May

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

In May, Malbork sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Malbork in May

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Malbork 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 Malbork peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Malbork?

Malbork sits at 54.0°N, 19.0°E, 17 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Tczew, 17 km away.

Orunia Górna-Gdańsk PołudnieUjeścisko-ŁostowiceŚrodmieście

Topography around Malbork

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malbork has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Malbork is covered by cropland (46%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
339 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tczew 17 km · Elbląg 28 km · Starogard Gdański 34 km · Kwidzyn 35 km · Pruszcz Gdański 36 km · Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe 42 km · Ujeścisko-Łostowice 42 km · Środmieście 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 Malbork (54.0359°, 19.0266°, elevation 17 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).