Oleśnica weather in May

In May, Oleśnica sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 15.3 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 24% 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 Oleśnica's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oleśnica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:07 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Oleśnica is city and urban gmina in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 23.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,763/km²
people per km²
Founded
1189

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 Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica

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.

Oleśnica 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 / -3°4411.15.98.20.0
Feb / -2°389.24.69.60.0
Mar / 4911.23.311.51.2
Apr14° / 3890.613.54.2
May19° / 5811.10.115.35.9
Jun22° / 12°7211.5016.36.3
Jul24° / 14°9312.7015.96.5
Aug24° / 14°6110.2014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°579.4012.46.0
Oct13° / 489.10.210.43.7
Nov / 419.328.71.0
Dec / -2°4410.44.27.70.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44159
54060
64060
74060
83961
93763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oleśnica gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
133
234
334
435
536
636
736
836
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1136
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3137

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 (%)
19820
29730
39730
49730
59640
69640
79550
89550
99550
109460
119460
129460
139460
149460
159460
169370
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189271
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209181
219181
229091
239091
2488102
2587112
2686122
2786122
2884133
2983143
3082153
3180164

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

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 4:33 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:337:03
214.64:317:04
314.64:297:06
414.74:277:08
514.74:257:09
614.84:237:11
714.84:227:12
814.94:207:14
915.04:187:16
1015.04:167:17
1115.14:157:19
1215.14:137:20
1315.24:117:22
1415.24:107:23
1515.34:087:25
1615.34:077:26
1715.44:057:28
1815.44:047:29
1915.54:037:31
2015.54:017:32
2115.64:007:34
2215.63:597:35
2315.73:577:36
2415.73:567:38
2515.73:557:39
2615.83:547:40
2715.83:537:42
2815.93:527:43
2915.93:517:44
3015.93:507:45
3116.03:497:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oleśnica?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Oleśnica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oleśnica in May

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

In May, Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica peaks around June 19 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1715 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Oleśnica?

Oleśnica sits at 51.2°N, 17.4°E, 153 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Psie Pole Zawidawie, 21 km away.

Topography around Oleśnica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oleśnica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m.

The land around Oleśnica is covered by cropland (40%), grassland (20%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
159 m
80 km
627 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Psie Pole Zawidawie 21 km · Jelcz 22 km · Jelcz Laskowice 22 km · Biskupin-Sępolno-Dąbie-Bartoszowice 24 km · Śródmieście 24 km · Rejon placu Grunwaldzkiego 25 km · Ołbin 26 km · Karłowice-Różanka 26 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 Oleśnica (51.2134°, 17.3899°, elevation 153 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).