Opoczno weather in May

In May, Opoczno sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 25% 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 Opoczno's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Opoczno's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
3:55 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
63%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Opoczno is town in Poland.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 30.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
904/km²
people per km²
Founded
1400

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 Opoczno reaches about 19°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 25°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 Opoczno

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.

Opoczno weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°3710.168.20.0
Feb / -3°359.55.19.60.0
Mar / -1°4210.13.311.50.9
Apr14° / 439.41.113.54.0
May19° / 69120.115.35.8
Jun22° / 12°6711.8016.36.3
Jul24° / 14°8212.4015.96.6
Aug24° / 13°6010.2014.46.8
Sep19° / 589.7012.45.9
Oct13° / 449.20.310.43.5
Nov / 388.62.28.60.8
Dec / -2°399.44.37.70.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34555
44456
54357
64357
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84258
94159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Opoczno gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 12 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. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
59640
69640
79550
89550
99460
109460
119370
129280
139280
149190
159190
1690100
1789101
1888111
1988111
2087121
2186131
2286131
2385141
2483152
2582162
2682162
2780173
2879183
2978193
3076204
3176204

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 4:21 AM to 3:37 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:216:52
214.64:196:53
314.64:176:55
414.74:156:57
514.84:136:58
614.84:117:00
714.94:097:01
814.94:087:03
915.04:067:05
1015.04:047:06
1115.14:037:08
1215.14:017:09
1315.23:597:11
1415.23:587:12
1515.33:567:14
1615.33:557:16
1715.43:537:17
1815.43:527:19
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2015.53:497:21
2115.63:487:23
2215.63:467:24
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3015.93:387:35
3116.03:377:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.16 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 Opoczno?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Opoczno for sightseeing.

What to pack for Opoczno in May

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

In May, Opoczno 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 Opoczno 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 Opoczno peaks around June 21 at about 7 (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.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Opoczno?

Opoczno sits at 51.4°N, 20.3°E, 193 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Końskie, 22 km away.

Piotrków TrybunalskiRawa MazowieckaSkarżysko-KamiennaRadomKielceBełchatów

Topography around Opoczno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Opoczno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 190 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 717 m.

The land around Opoczno is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (46%), grassland (26%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), cropland (28%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

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59 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
717 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Końskie 22 km · Tomaszów Mazowiecki 25 km · Piotrków Trybunalski 40 km · Rawa Mazowiecka 43 km · Skarżysko-Kamienna 51 km · Radom 60 km · Kielce 61 km · Bełchatów 64 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 Opoczno (51.3757°, 20.2783°, elevation 193 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).