Mielec weather in May

In May, Mielec sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 84 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mielec's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mielec's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
3:54 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Mielec is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 25 µg/m³ · 2016
Density
1,269/km²
people per km²
Founded
1457

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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mielec reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°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 Mielec

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.

Mielec 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°4410.86.88.30.0
Feb / -3°4210.36.59.70.0
Mar / 4810.53.411.51.2
Apr15° / 5611.31.113.54.2
May20° / 8413.7015.25.7
Jun23° / 13°8513016.16.2
Jul25° / 15°10114.2015.76.2
Aug25° / 14°6711014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7410.7012.46.0
Oct14° / 559.50.410.53.9
Nov / 469.72.58.81.1
Dec / -2°42105.17.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
44555
54456
64357
74258
84258
94159
104159
114258
124258
134159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mielec gets around 84 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
339
440
540
641
741
842
942
1042
1143
1243
1344
1444
1545
1645
1745
1845
1946
2046
2146
2246
2346
2446
2546
2645
2745
2845
2945
3044
3144

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
39640
49640
59550
69550
79460
89370
99370
109280
119280
129190
1390100
1490100
1588111
1687121
1787121
1886131
1985141
2084142
2183152
2282162
2381172
2479183
2578193
2677203
2776213
2874224
2973234
3072244
3170255

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 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 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 4:19 AM to 3:37 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:196:44
214.54:176:46
314.54:156:47
414.64:136:49
514.64:126:50
614.74:106:52
714.84:086:53
814.84:076:55
914.94:056:57
1014.94:036:58
1115.04:027:00
1215.04:007:01
1315.13:597:03
1415.13:577:04
1515.23:567:05
1615.23:547:07
1715.33:537:08
1815.33:517:10
1915.43:507:11
2015.43:497:13
2115.43:487:14
2215.53:467:15
2315.53:457:17
2415.63:447:18
2515.63:437:19
2615.63:427:20
2715.73:417:22
2815.73:407:23
2915.83:397:24
3015.83:387:25
3115.83:377:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.09 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 Mielec?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mielec for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mielec in May

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

In May, Mielec sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mielec 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 Mielec peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mielec 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 Mielec is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Mielec's WHO annual average of 25 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2131 µg/m³Dec 1717 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mielec?

Mielec sits at 50.3°N, 21.4°E, 178 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Dębica, 26 km away.

TarnówRzeszówSandomierzBusko-Zdrój

Topography around Mielec

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mielec has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 715 m.

The land around Mielec is covered by artificial surfaces (26%), cropland (25%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), cropland (31%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
715 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Dębica 26 km · Ropczyce 29 km · Staszów 36 km · Tarnobrzeg 37 km · Tarnów 44 km · Rzeszów 49 km · Sandomierz 50 km · Busko-Zdrój 54 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 Mielec (50.2871°, 21.4239°, elevation 178 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).