Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kraków: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In May its highs average 17.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kraków, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 19th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 57th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Kraków is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 88 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
Kraków climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 43 | 10.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | 2.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 44 | 10.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 52 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 90 | 14.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 75 | 11.1 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 73 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 46 | 9.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 2.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 10.2 | 8.28 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
- Jaworzno in MayPoland · 50 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Mysłowice in MayPoland · 57 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in MayPoland · 60 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in MayPoland · 64 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Katowice in MayPoland · 69 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MayPoland · 69 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Tychy in MayPoland · 70 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MayPoland · 73 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 106 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 Kraków) is explained once on the Kraków year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.