Przemyśl weather in May

In May, Przemyśl sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 93 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 15.1 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 23% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Przemyśl's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Przemyśl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
3:51 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
64%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Przemyśl is city in southeastern Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 19.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,451/km²
people per km²
Founded
1389

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 Przemyśl 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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Przemyśl

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.

Przemyśl 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 / -5°42118.28.40.0
Feb / -4°4710.67.99.80.0
Mar / -1°5111.14.611.50.9
Apr14° / 5811.61.513.53.9
May19° / 9315015.15.4
Jun22° / 12°9014.20165.9
Jul24° / 14°11415.4015.76.1
Aug24° / 13°8011.8014.26.7
Sep19° / 7810.5012.45.8
Oct13° / 6210.10.510.53.7
Nov / 4910.63.78.80.9
Dec / -3°4610.66.880.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
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54555
64456
74357
84357
94258
104357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Przemyśl gets around 93 mm of rain over 15 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
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442
543
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745
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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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
39730
49640
59640
69550
79460
89460
99370
109370
119280
129190
139190
1490100
1588111
1687121
1786131
1886131
1985141
2084151
2183161
2281172
2380182
2479192
2578202
2677212
2775223
2874233
2973243
3071254
3169265

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
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:15 AM to 3:34 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:156:37
214.44:136:39
314.54:116:40
414.54:106:42
514.64:086:44
614.64:066:45
714.74:046:47
814.84:036:48
914.84:016:50
1014.94:006:51
1114.93:586:53
1215.03:566:54
1315.03:556:55
1415.13:536:57
1515.13:526:58
1615.23:517:00
1715.23:497:01
1815.23:487:02
1915.33:477:04
2015.33:457:05
2115.43:447:07
2215.43:437:08
2315.53:427:09
2415.53:417:10
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2615.63:397:13
2715.63:387:14
2815.63:377:15
2915.73:367:16
3015.73:357:18
3115.73:347:19

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Przemyśl?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Przemyśl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Przemyśl in May

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

In May, Przemyśl sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Przemyśl 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 Przemyśl peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Przemyśl 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 Przemyśl is worst in June — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Przemyśl's WHO annual average of 19.4 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 2026 µg/m³Dec 1711 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Przemyśl?

Przemyśl sits at 49.8°N, 22.8°E, 193 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jarosław, 26 km away.

SambirSanokŁańcutNovoyavorivs'kRzeszów

Topography around Przemyśl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Przemyśl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m around an average of 242 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,164 m.

The land around Przemyśl is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
176 m
16 km
358 m
80 km
1,164 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Jarosław 26 km · Mostyska 28 km · Przeworsk 36 km · Sambir 43 km · Sanok 48 km · Łańcut 50 km · Novoyavorivs'k 60 km · Rzeszów 62 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 Przemyśl (49.785°, 22.7673°, 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. 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).