Tarnobrzeg weather in May

In May, Tarnobrzeg sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.9 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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Tarnobrzeg's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarnobrzeg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
3:52 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Tarnobrzeg is City with powiat rights of Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 26.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
589/km²
people per km²
Founded
1593

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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tarnobrzeg reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°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 Tarnobrzeg

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.

Tarnobrzeg 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°4010.268.30.0
Feb / -3°379.55.79.70.0
Mar / 4510.43.111.51.2
Apr15° / 5110.50.813.54.3
May20° / 7512.9015.25.9
Jun23° / 13°7512.4016.16.4
Jul25° / 15°8813.2015.86.3
Aug25° / 14°6010.1014.36.8
Sep20° / 10°6910.1012.46.1
Oct14° / 508.90.310.44.0
Nov / 418.82.48.71.0
Dec / -2°379.24.37.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34654
44555
54555
64555
74456
84357
94357
104357
114258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tarnobrzeg gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.9 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
237
338
438
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639
739
840
940
1040
1141
1241
1341
1442
1542
1642
1742
1843
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2143
2243
2343
2443
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2643
2743
2843
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3142

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
1490100
1589101
1688111
1787121
1887121
1985132
2085132
2184142
2283152
2382153
2481163
2580173
2678184
2778184
2877194
2976204
3074215
3173225

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 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 4:17 AM to 3:35 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:176:44
214.54:156:45
314.64:136:47
414.64:126:49
514.74:106:50
614.74:086:52
714.84:066:53
814.84:056:55
914.94:036:56
1014.94:016:58
1115.04:006:59
1215.03:587:01
1315.13:577:02
1415.13:557:04
1515.23:547:05
1615.23:527:07
1715.33:517:08
1815.33:497:10
1915.43:487:11
2015.43:477:13
2115.53:457:14
2215.53:447:15
2315.63:437:17
2415.63:427:18
2515.63:417:19
2615.73:407:21
2715.73:397:22
2815.83:387:23
2915.83:377:24
3015.83:367:25
3115.93:357:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tarnobrzeg?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tarnobrzeg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarnobrzeg in May

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

In May, Tarnobrzeg 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 Tarnobrzeg 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 Tarnobrzeg peaks around June 23 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 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Tarnobrzeg 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 Tarnobrzeg is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2116 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tarnobrzeg?

Tarnobrzeg sits at 50.6°N, 21.7°E, 162 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Sandomierz, 13 km away.

Ostrowiec ŚwiętokrzyskiKraśnikRopczyce

Topography around Tarnobrzeg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarnobrzeg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m.

The land around Tarnobrzeg is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

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40 m
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106 m
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500 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sandomierz 13 km · Stalowa Wola 26 km · Nisko 33 km · Staszów 36 km · Mielec 37 km · Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 45 km · Kraśnik 55 km · Ropczyce 58 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 Tarnobrzeg (50.573°, 21.6794°, elevation 162 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).