Climate averages 1991–2020

Bielsko-Biala weather
in May.

A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 8.4°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 120 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bielsko-Biala · average highYear overview

May is a mild month in Bielsko-Biala: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 22 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tychy (35 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Bielsko-Biala, with 80 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Bielsko-Biala ranks 51st of 60 for the warmest May highs and 60th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Bielsko-Biala is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 123 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bielsko-Biala climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bielsko-Biala, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.1°C-4.9°C-4.9°C6513.18.69 h
February 2.7°C-4.4°C-4.4°C6412.510.110 h
March 7.2°C-1.2°C-1.2°C7213.611.912 h
April 13.4°C3.3°C3.3°C7312.913.714 h
May, selected 17.8°C8.4°C8.4°C12016.915.415 h
June 20.9°C12.3°C12.3°C12316.116.316 h
July 22.8°C14.3°C14.3°C14117.215.916 h
August 22.9°C14.0°C14.0°C10613.314.514 h
September 18.1°C10.1°C10.1°C10013.012.713 h
October 13.1°C6.0°C6.0°C7611.910.811 h
November 7.6°C1.8°C1.8°C6611.99.19 h
December 2.4°C-2.9°C-2.9°C6412.28.28 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

May in nearby cities

Distance from Bielsko-Biala

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bielsko-Biala) is explained once on the Bielsko-Biala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.