Strzelce Opolskie weather in May

In May, Strzelce Opolskie sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 26% 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 Strzelce Opolskie's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Strzelce Opolskie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:06 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Strzelce Opolskie is city of Poland.

Density
672/km²
people per km²
Founded
1300

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 Strzelce Opolskie 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 Strzelce Opolskie

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.

Strzelce Opolskie weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°4310.75.88.30.0
Feb / -3°389.45.39.70.0
Mar / 5011.63.111.51.3
Apr14° / 459.91.113.54.2
May19° / 7112.5015.25.8
Jun22° / 13°7812.3016.16.3
Jul25° / 14°9613.1015.86.5
Aug24° / 14°6410.5014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°6510.2012.46.0
Oct14° / 519.90.410.43.8
Nov / 46102.48.71.1
Dec / -2°4510.44.77.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Strzelce Opolskie gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.5 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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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 (%)
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29820
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49730
59640
69640
79550
89550
99460
109460
119370
129370
139280
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2484151
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2682162
2781172
2879183
2978193
3076204
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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

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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 4:31 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:316:57
214.54:296:59
314.64:277:00
414.64:257:02
514.74:247:03
614.74:227:05
714.84:207:07
814.84:187:08
914.94:177:10
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1115.04:137:13
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1315.14:107:16
1415.14:097:17
1515.24:077:19
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2015.44:007:26
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Strzelce Opolskie?

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
2.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Strzelce Opolskie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Strzelce Opolskie in May

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

In May, Strzelce Opolskie sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Strzelce Opolskie 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 Strzelce Opolskie peaks around June 20 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Strzelce Opolskie 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 Strzelce Opolskie is worst in June — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1518 µg/m³Dec 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Strzelce Opolskie?

Strzelce Opolskie sits at 50.5°N, 18.3°E, 236 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 19 km away.

ZabrzeTarnowskie Góry

Topography around Strzelce Opolskie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Strzelce Opolskie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 237 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,110 m.

The land around Strzelce Opolskie is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

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107 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
1,110 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 19 km · Krapkowice 24 km · Pyskowice 27 km · Opole 32 km · Lubliniec 32 km · Gliwice 36 km · Zabrze 40 km · Tarnowskie Góry 40 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 Strzelce Opolskie (50.5107°, 18.3006°, elevation 236 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).