Nowa Sól weather in May

In May, Nowa Sól sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Nowa Sól's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nowa Sól's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:11 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Nowa Sól is town on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,872/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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nowa Sól 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 Nowa Sól

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.

Nowa Sól weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°46114.58.10.0
Feb / -2°3694.19.60.0
Mar / 4811.12.811.51.4
Apr14° / 358.40.413.64.4
May19° / 5810.9015.46.0
Jun23° / 13°6311.8016.46.3
Jul25° / 15°8512.10166.5
Aug24° / 14°6410.6014.46.7
Sep19° / 10°519.8012.46.0
Oct14° / 449.30.210.43.8
Nov / 408.91.48.61.0
Dec / -1°4210.53.47.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nowa Sól gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.9 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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

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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 4:38 AM to 3:53 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:387:11
214.64:367:13
314.74:347:14
414.74:327:16
514.84:307:18
614.94:287:19
714.94:267:21
815.04:247:23
915.04:237:24
1015.14:217:26
1115.14:197:28
1215.24:187:29
1315.24:167:31
1415.34:147:32
1515.44:137:34
1615.44:117:35
1715.54:107:37
1815.54:087:38
1915.64:077:40
2015.64:067:41
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2615.93:587:50
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2916.03:557:54
3016.03:547:55
3116.13:537:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Nowa Sól?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nowa Sól for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nowa Sól in May

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

In May, Nowa Sól sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Nowa Sól 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 Nowa Sól peaks around June 18 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

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

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Nowa Sól's WHO annual average of 20.6 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1725 µg/m³Dec 1415 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nowa Sól?

Nowa Sól sits at 51.8°N, 15.7°E, 66 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Zielona Góra, 21 km away.

PolkowiceŻaryŚwiebodzinLubin

Topography around Nowa Sól

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nowa Sól has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 387 m.

The land around Nowa Sól is covered by trees (45%), artificial surfaces (22%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

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80 km
387 m
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May weather nearby: Zielona Góra 21 km · Głogów 30 km · Sulechów 32 km · Żagań 35 km · Polkowice 41 km · Żary 44 km · Świebodzin 51 km · Lubin 56 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 Nowa Sól (51.8033°, 15.717°, elevation 66 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).