Mińsk Mazowiecki weather in May

In May, Mińsk Mazowiecki sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.4 wet days and about 15.4 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 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mińsk Mazowiecki's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mińsk Mazowiecki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
3:46 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
63%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Mińsk Mazowiecki is town in central Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,822/km²
people per km²
Founded
1350

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 Mińsk Mazowiecki 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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How May really feels in Mińsk Mazowiecki

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.

Mińsk Mazowiecki 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°4210.56.380.0
Feb / -3°389.76.19.50.0
Mar / -1°4310.63.511.50.8
Apr13° / 479.80.913.63.8
May19° / 6812.40.115.45.8
Jun22° / 12°7012016.46.2
Jul24° / 14°8312.50166.5
Aug24° / 13°6610.3014.56.8
Sep18° / 599.9012.45.8
Oct12° / 469.80.310.33.2
Nov / 429.72.68.50.6
Dec / -2°4410.357.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34753
44654
54654
64555
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104357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mińsk Mazowiecki gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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334
435
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938
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3138

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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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89640
99550
109550
119460
129370
139271
149181
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2087112
2186122
2286122
2385132
2484133
2583143
2683143
2782153
2881154
2980164
3080164
3178175

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 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:13 AM to 3:28 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:136:49
214.74:116:50
314.74:096:52
414.84:076:54
514.84:056:56
614.94:036:57
715.04:026:59
815.04:007:01
915.13:587:02
1015.13:567:04
1115.23:557:06
1215.23:537:07
1315.33:517:09
1415.33:507:10
1515.43:487:12
1615.53:467:14
1715.53:457:15
1815.63:437:17
1915.63:427:18
2015.73:417:20
2115.73:397:21
2215.73:387:23
2315.83:377:24
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2515.93:347:27
2615.93:337:28
2716.03:327:29
2816.03:317:31
2916.03:307:32
3016.13:297:33
3116.13:287:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.19 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 Mińsk Mazowiecki?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mińsk Mazowiecki for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mińsk Mazowiecki in May

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

In May, Mińsk Mazowiecki sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mińsk Mazowiecki 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 Mińsk Mazowiecki peaks around June 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mińsk Mazowiecki 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 Mińsk Mazowiecki is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Mińsk Mazowiecki's WHO annual average of 20.9 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2326 µg/m³Dec 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mińsk Mazowiecki?

Mińsk Mazowiecki sits at 52.2°N, 21.6°E, 150 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Sulejówek, 22 km away.

Topography around Mińsk Mazowiecki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mińsk Mazowiecki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 158 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m.

The land around Mińsk Mazowiecki is covered by trees (48%), artificial surfaces (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), cropland (29%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
168 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sulejówek 22 km · Otwock 23 km · Józefów 23 km · Wesoła 25 km · Wawer 27 km · Wołomin 29 km · Rembertów 29 km · Kobyłka 31 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 Mińsk Mazowiecki (52.1793°, 21.5725°, elevation 150 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).