Staszów weather in May

In May, Staszów sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 74 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-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 27% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Staszów's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Staszów's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
3:54 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Staszów is city of Poland.

Density
558/km²
people per km²
Founded
1245

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 Staszów reaches about 20°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 Staszów

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.

Staszów 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°379.75.88.30.0
Feb / -3°3594.99.70.0
Mar / -0°4310.52.911.51.2
Apr14° / 5110.60.913.54.2
May20° / 7412.7015.25.8
Jun23° / 13°7412.3016.16.3
Jul25° / 15°9113.3015.86.4
Aug25° / 14°6010.5014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°659.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 498.70.310.43.9
Nov / 398.52.38.71.0
Dec / -2°358.747.80.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34852
44753
54654
64555
74555
84456
94357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Staszów gets around 74 mm of rain over 12.7 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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236
337
437
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1341
1441
1542
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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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29730
39730
49640
59640
69550
79550
89460
99460
109370
119370
129280
139190
149190
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2086131
2184142
2283152
2383152
2482162
2580173
2678193
2777203
2876213
2974224
3073234
3171245

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 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 4:19 AM to 3:37 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:196:46
214.54:176:47
314.64:166:49
414.64:146:51
514.74:126:52
614.74:106:54
714.84:086:55
814.84:076:57
914.94:056:58
1014.94:037:00
1115.04:027:01
1215.04:007:03
1315.13:597:04
1415.13:577:06
1515.23:567:07
1615.23:547:09
1715.33:537:10
1815.33:517:12
1915.43:507:13
2015.43:497:15
2115.53:487:16
2215.53:467:17
2315.63:457:19
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2615.73:427:23
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2815.83:407:25
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3015.83:387:27
3115.93:377:28

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 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Staszów?

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
2.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Staszów for sightseeing.

What to pack for Staszów in May

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

In May, Staszów sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Staszów 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 Staszów peaks around June 22 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 2017 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Staszów?

Staszów sits at 50.6°N, 21.2°E, 195 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Busko-Zdrój, 33 km away.

SandomierzOstrowiec ŚwiętokrzyskiKielceStarachowiceDębica

Topography around Staszów

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Staszów has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 204 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 496 m.

The land around Staszów is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (54%), grassland (24%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), cropland (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
224 m
80 km
496 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Busko-Zdrój 33 km · Mielec 36 km · Tarnobrzeg 36 km · Sandomierz 43 km · Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 44 km · Kielce 51 km · Starachowice 53 km · Dębica 59 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 Staszów (50.5631°, 21.1659°, elevation 195 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).