Climate averages 1991–2020
Łódź weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 4th 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 Łódź: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pabianice (14 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Łódź, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Łódź ranks joint 39th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Łódź is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 69 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
Łódź climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 41 | 10.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 2.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 39 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 6.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 44 | 9.6 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 71 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 69 | 12.3 | 16.617 h |
| July | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 90 | 13.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 45 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 6.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 40 | 9.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 2.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 43 | 10.1 | 7.98 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
- Pabianice in MayPoland · 14 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Piotrków Trybunalski in MayPoland · 44 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Płock in MayPoland · 88 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Kalisz in MayPoland · 95 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Konin in MayPoland · 98 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Włocławek in MayPoland · 101 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Częstochowa in MayPoland · 111 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Ostrów Wielkopolski in MayPoland · 116 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 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 Łódź) is explained once on the Łódź year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.