Climate averages 1991–2020
Nowy Sącz weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Nowy Sącz: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarnów (48 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nowy Sącz, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Nowy Sącz ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 59th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Nowy Sącz is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 109 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
Nowy Sącz 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-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 10.4 | 8.79 h |
| February | 3.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 106 | 15.3 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 109 | 15.1 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 128 | 16.3 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 89 | 13.2 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 78 | 11.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 64 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 49 | 10.3 | 9.19 h |
| December | 2.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 44 | 10.7 | 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
- Tarnów in MayPoland · 48 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Kraków in MayPoland · 73 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Prešov in MaySlovakia · 79 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Rzeszów in MayPoland · 104 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Košice in MaySlovakia · 109 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MayPoland · 121 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Jaworzno in MayPoland · 121 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Mysłowice in MayPoland · 127 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 82 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 Nowy Sącz) is explained once on the Nowy Sącz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.