Turek weather in May

In May, Turek sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 15.4 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 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Turek's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turek's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
3:59 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Turek is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Density
1,828/km²
people per km²
Founded
1136

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 Turek 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Turek

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.

Turek 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 / -3°3910.34.98.10.0
Feb / -2°358.84.69.60.0
Mar / 4410.82.811.51.1
Apr14° / 368.90.713.64.0
May19° / 6011.9015.45.8
Jun22° / 12°6812.1016.46.2
Jul24° / 14°83120166.6
Aug24° / 14°5710.1014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°519.3012.46.0
Oct13° / 428.70.210.43.6
Nov / 398.91.68.60.8
Dec / -2°419.83.97.60.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44258
54258
64258
74258
84159
94159
104060
114060
124060
133961
143862
153961
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204060
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264357
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314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Turek gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
131
232
333
435
536
637
737
838
939
1039
1139
1240
1340
1440
1539
1639
1739
1838
1938
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2538
2638
2738
2838
2938
3038
3139

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99640
109640
119550
129550
139460
149460
159370
169370
179181
189181
199091
209091
2189101
2289101
2388111
2486122
2585132
2684142
2784142
2883152
2981163
3080173
3179183

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
112light breeze
213light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 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 4:26 AM to 3:41 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 7:46 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:267:01
214.64:247:02
314.74:227:04
414.84:207:06
514.84:187:07
614.94:167:09
714.94:147:11
815.04:137:12
915.14:117:14
1015.14:097:16
1115.24:077:17
1215.24:067:19
1315.34:047:20
1415.34:027:22
1515.44:017:24
1615.43:597:25
1715.53:587:27
1815.53:567:28
1915.63:557:30
2015.63:547:31
2115.73:527:33
2215.73:517:34
2315.83:507:36
2415.83:487:37
2515.93:477:38
2615.93:467:40
2715.93:457:41
2816.03:447:42
2916.03:437:44
3016.13:427:45
3116.13:417:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Turek?

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
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Turek for sightseeing.

What to pack for Turek in May

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

In May, Turek sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Turek 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 Turek peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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 19UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Turek 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 Turek 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).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1718 µg/m³Dec 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Turek?

Turek sits at 52.0°N, 18.5°E, 121 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Koło, 23 km away.

KaliszŁęczycaSieradzPleszewOzorkówZduńska Wola

Topography around Turek

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Turek is covered by cropland (31%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), trees (35%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
262 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Koło 23 km · Konin 29 km · Kalisz 40 km · Łęczyca 48 km · Sieradz 49 km · Pleszew 51 km · Ozorków 54 km · Zduńska Wola 55 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 Turek (52.0155°, 18.5006°, elevation 121 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).