Tarnowskie Góry weather in May

In May, Tarnowskie Góry sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 78 mm of rain across 13.8 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 20°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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tarnowskie Góry's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarnowskie Góry's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:04 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Tarnowskie Góry is town in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 22.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
726/km²
people per km²
Founded
1526

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tarnowskie Góry 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 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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How May really feels in Tarnowskie Góry

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.

Tarnowskie Góry 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°4711.37.38.30.0
Feb / -3°4210.26.29.70.0
Mar / 5411.93.711.51.0
Apr14° / 5110.61.313.53.9
May19° / 7813.8015.25.5
Jun22° / 12°8513.1016.16.0
Jul24° / 14°10714.2015.86.3
Aug24° / 14°7511.5014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7311.2012.45.7
Oct13° / 5610.40.410.53.6
Nov / 5010.32.68.81.0
Dec / -2°4711.35.27.90.0

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 (%)
14555
24555
34456
44456
54456
64357
74357
84357
94258
104258
114258
124159
134060
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154159
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204258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tarnowskie Góry gets around 78 mm of rain over 13.8 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
240
341
441
542
643
744
844
945
1045
1146
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1845
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2144
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2643
2744
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3144

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 (%)
19820
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99550
109460
119460
129370
139370
149370
159280
169280
179190
189190
1990100
2088111
2188111
2287121
2386131
2484142
2583152
2682162
2780173
2879183
2977194
3075205
3174215

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:29 AM to 3:47 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 7:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:296:55
214.54:276:56
314.54:256:58
414.64:236:59
514.74:227:01
614.74:207:03
714.84:187:04
814.84:167:06
914.94:157:07
1014.94:137:09
1115.04:117:10
1215.04:107:12
1315.14:087:13
1415.14:077:15
1515.24:057:16
1615.24:047:18
1715.34:027:19
1815.34:017:21
1915.44:007:22
2015.43:587:23
2115.53:577:25
2215.53:567:26
2315.53:557:27
2415.63:547:29
2515.63:537:30
2615.73:517:31
2715.73:507:33
2815.73:497:34
2915.83:487:35
3015.83:487:36
3115.83:477:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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65.0Bright
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275.3Bright
285.3Bright
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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tarnowskie Góry?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tarnowskie Góry for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarnowskie Góry in May

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

In May, Tarnowskie Góry sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Tarnowskie Góry 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 Tarnowskie Góry 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 Tarnowskie Góry 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 Tarnowskie Góry is worst in June — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Tarnowskie Góry's WHO annual average of 22.8 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1625 µg/m³Dec 1619 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tarnowskie Góry?

Tarnowskie Góry sits at 50.4°N, 18.9°E, 297 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Radzionków, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Tarnowskie Góry

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarnowskie Góry has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 990 m.

The land around Tarnowskie Góry is covered by trees (42%), artificial surfaces (24%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (55%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
990 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Radzionków 6.0 km · Piekary Śląskie 9.0 km · Bytom 12 km · Zabrze 14 km · Pyskowice 17 km · Świętochłowice 17 km · Chorzów 17 km · Siemianowice Śląskie 18 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 Tarnowskie Góry (50.4455°, 18.8615°, elevation 297 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).