Tychy weather in May

In May, Tychy sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 80 mm of rain across 14 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 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 Tychy's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tychy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:05 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Tychy is city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 31.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,592/km²
people per km²
Founded
1467

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 Tychy 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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2188
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How May really feels in Tychy

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.

Tychy 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 / -4°4611.47.18.30.0
Feb / -3°4310.36.29.70.0
Mar / 5211.83.811.51.2
Apr14° / 5010.11.313.54.1
May19° / 8014015.25.5
Jun22° / 12°8213.2016.16.1
Jul24° / 14°9814015.76.3
Aug24° / 14°7111.3014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7111.1012.45.9
Oct14° / 54100.410.53.8
Nov / 5010.12.78.81.1
Dec / -2°4510.75.27.90.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44258
54357
64357
74258
84258
94258
104159
114159
124159
134159
144258
154258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tychy gets around 80 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
340
441
542
643
744
844
945
1046
1146
1247
1347
1447
1547
1647
1747
1846
1946
2046
2145
2245
2345
2445
2545
2645
2745
2845
2945
3045
3145

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 (%)
19820
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99460
109460
119370
129370
139370
149280
159280
169091
179091
189091
1989101
2088111
2186122
2285132
2384142
2483152
2581163
2680173
2778184
2876204
2974215
3073225
3171236

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
112calm
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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 3:48 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:296:54
214.54:276:55
314.54:266:57
414.64:246:58
514.64:227:00
614.74:207:01
714.74:197:03
814.84:177:04
914.84:157:06
1014.94:147:07
1114.94:127:09
1215.04:107:10
1315.04:097:12
1415.14:077:13
1515.14:067:15
1615.24:057:16
1715.24:037:18
1815.34:027:19
1915.34:017:20
2015.43:597:22
2115.43:587:23
2215.53:577:24
2315.53:567:26
2415.53:547:27
2515.63:537:28
2615.63:527:30
2715.73:517:31
2815.73:507:32
2915.73:497:33
3015.83:497:34
3115.83:487:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Tychy?

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
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tychy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tychy in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Tychy 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 Tychy peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 21UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Tychy 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 Tychy is worst in June — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1625 µg/m³Dec 1618 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tychy?

Tychy sits at 50.1°N, 19.0°E, 259 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Mikołów, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Tychy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tychy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 271 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,557 m.

The land around Tychy is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (57%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
161 m
80 km
1,557 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Mikołów 6.0 km · Łaziska Górne 9.0 km · Bieruń 10 km · Lędziny 12 km · Orzesze 14 km · Katowice 14 km · Ruda Śląska 16 km · Mysłowice 16 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 Tychy (50.1372°, 18.9664°, elevation 259 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).