Climate averages 1991–2020
Rzeszów weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 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 Rzeszów: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 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 Tarnów (72 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Rzeszów, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Rzeszów ranks joint 2nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 58th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Rzeszów is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 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
Rzeszów climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 47 | 11.7 | 8.69 h |
| February | 2.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 51 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 92 | 14.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 71 | 11.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 78 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 59 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | 1.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 46 | 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 · 72 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MayPoland · 104 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in MayPoland · 108 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Prešov in MaySlovakia · 128 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Drohobych in MayUkraine · 133 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Kielce in MayPoland · 134 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Lublin in MayPoland · 140 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Lviv in MayUkraine · 147 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 93 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 Rzeszów) is explained once on the Rzeszów year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.