Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbląg weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Elbląg: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gdańsk (54 km away). In May its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Elbląg, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Elbląg ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Elbląg is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Elbląg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 47 | 11.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 2.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 39 | 10.2 | 9.710 h |
| March | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 44 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 16.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 10.7 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 68 | 12.0 | 17.117 h |
| July | 22.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 85 | 13.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 75 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 58 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 60 | 11.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 6.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 10.8 | 8.69 h |
| December | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 52 | 11.6 | 7.57 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
- Gdańsk in MayPoland · 54 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Gdynia in MayPoland · 70 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Olsztyn in MayPoland · 82 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Grudziądz in MayPoland · 86 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Kaliningrad in MayRussia · 94 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Toruń in MayPoland · 137 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Fordon in MayPoland · 138 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Bydgoszcz in MayPoland · 147 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 58 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Elbląg) is explained once on the Elbląg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.