Pułtusk weather in May

In May, Pułtusk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pułtusk's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pułtusk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
3:46 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
62%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Pułtusk is city of Poland.

Density
828/km²
people per km²
Founded
~950 CE

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pułtusk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°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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2177
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How May really feels in Pułtusk

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.

Pułtusk 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°399.767.90.0
Feb / -4°359.25.59.50.0
Mar / -1°409.93.111.50.7
Apr13° / 449.80.913.63.7
May19° / 6711.9015.55.7
Jun22° / 12°6811.5016.56.2
Jul24° / 14°8112.6016.16.5
Aug23° / 13°6210.8014.56.7
Sep18° / 559.5012.45.7
Oct12° / 459.30.210.33.2
Nov / 389.12.48.50.5
Dec / -2°429.64.67.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34753
44753
54654
64555
74555
84456
94456
104456
114357
124258
134258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pułtusk gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
234
334
435
535
636
736
837
937
1038
1138
1239
1339
1439
1539
1640
1740
1840
1940
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2139
2239
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2439
2539
2639
2739
2838
2938
3038
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 (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99640
109550
119460
129460
139370
149280
159091
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2087112
2187112
2286122
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2484133
2584133
2683143
2783143
2882153
2981154
3080164
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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:13 AM to 3:27 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:136:52
214.74:116:54
314.84:096:56
414.84:086:57
514.94:066:59
615.04:047:01
715.04:027:03
815.14:007:04
915.13:587:06
1015.23:567:08
1115.23:557:09
1215.33:537:11
1315.43:517:13
1415.43:497:14
1515.53:487:16
1615.53:467:18
1715.63:457:19
1815.63:437:21
1915.73:427:22
2015.73:407:24
2115.83:397:25
2215.83:377:27
2315.93:367:28
2415.93:357:30
2516.03:347:31
2616.03:327:33
2716.03:317:34
2816.13:307:35
2916.13:297:37
3016.23:287:38
3116.23:277:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.22 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pułtusk?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pułtusk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pułtusk in May

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

In May, Pułtusk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Pułtusk 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 Pułtusk peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pułtusk 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 Pułtusk is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2216 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pułtusk?

Pułtusk sits at 52.7°N, 21.1°E, 95 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Wyszków, 28 km away.

Nowy Dwór MazowieckiKobyłkaWołominMarki

Topography around Pułtusk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pułtusk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 93 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m.

The land around Pułtusk is covered by cropland (33%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (47%), trees (31%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), cropland (34%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
180 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Wyszków 28 km · Legionowo 35 km · Ciechanów 37 km · Przasnysz 38 km · Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 39 km · Kobyłka 41 km · Wołomin 42 km · Marki 42 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 Pułtusk (52.7025°, 21.0828°, elevation 95 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).