Climate averages 1991–2020
Szczecin weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Szczecin: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stargard (35 km away). In May its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Szczecin, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Szczecin ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Szczecin is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Szczecin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.8 | 8.18 h |
| February | 3.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 9.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.6°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 44 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 38 | 9.3 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 55 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 9.9 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 40 | 10.1 | 8.79 h |
| December | 3.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.0 | 7.68 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Stargard in MayPoland · 35 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in MayPoland · 89 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Berlin in MayGermany · 126 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Koszalin in MayPoland · 136 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Piła in MayPoland · 148 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Potsdam in MayGermany · 152 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Rostock in MayGermany · 175 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Zielona Góra in MayPoland · 178 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 Szczecin) is explained once on the Szczecin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.