Szczytno weather in May

In May, Szczytno sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Szczytno's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szczytno's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
3:43 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Szczytno is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Density
2,368/km²
people per km²
Founded
1359

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 Szczytno reaches about 18°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 6°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 Szczytno

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.

Szczytno weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -4°4110.36.67.80.0
Feb / -4°368.95.69.40.0
Mar / -1°4110.13.611.50.5
Apr12° / 439.51.213.73.4
May18° / 6512.60.115.65.5
Jun21° / 11°7211.9016.76.0
Jul23° / 13°8613.4016.36.3
Aug23° / 13°6511.3014.66.5
Sep18° / 579.7012.55.5
Oct11° / 489.50.510.32.9
Nov / 399.62.58.30.3
Dec / -3°439.85.57.30.0

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 (%)
14753
24555
34555
44456
54555
64456
74456
84258
94258
104159
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134060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Szczytno gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 40% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)
131
232
333
434
535
636
737
838
939
1040
1140
1241
1342
1442
1542
1643
1743
1843
1943
2043
2143
2243
2343
2442
2542
2641
2740
2840
2939
3039
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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
39910
49910
59910
69910
79820
89820
99730
109730
119640
129640
139550
149550
159460
169460
179370
189370
199370
209181
219181
229181
239091
249091
2588102
2688102
2787112
2887112
2986113
3085123
3185123

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 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 4:11 AM to 3:23 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 7:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:116:55
214.84:096:57
314.94:076:59
414.94:057:01
515.04:037:03
615.14:017:04
715.13:597:06
815.23:577:08
915.23:557:10
1015.33:537:11
1115.43:527:13
1215.43:507:15
1315.53:487:17
1415.53:467:18
1515.63:457:20
1615.63:437:22
1715.73:417:23
1815.83:407:25
1915.83:387:27
2015.93:377:28
2115.93:357:30
2216.03:347:31
2316.03:327:33
2416.13:317:34
2516.13:307:36
2616.13:297:37
2716.23:277:39
2816.23:267:40
2916.33:257:41
3016.33:247:43
3116.33:237:44

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 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Szczytno?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Szczytno for sightseeing.

What to pack for Szczytno in May

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

In May, Szczytno sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Szczytno 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 Szczytno peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Szczytno?

Szczytno sits at 53.6°N, 21.0°E, 144 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Mrągowo, 40 km away.

MrągowoOlsztynPiszPrzasnyszKętrzynMławaDziałdowoOstrołęka

Topography around Szczytno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szczytno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m.

The land around Szczytno is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (29%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
296 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Mrągowo 40 km · Olsztyn 41 km · Pisz 55 km · Przasnysz 61 km · Kętrzyn 63 km · Mława 64 km · Działdowo 65 km · Ostrołęka 66 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 Szczytno (53.5626°, 20.9875°, elevation 144 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).