Climate averages 1991–2020
Wrocław weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Wrocław: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Legnica (62 km away). In May its highs average 18.4°C, about as warm as Wrocław, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Wrocław ranks joint 2nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 18.1°C; Wrocław is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 75 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
Wrocław climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 41 | 10.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.3°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 40 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 11.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 11.5 | 16.516 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 94 | 12.7 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 61 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 48 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.09 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 41 | 9.9 | 8.08 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
- Legnica in MayPoland · 62 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in MayPoland · 64 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Lubin in MayPoland · 67 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Opole in MayPoland · 79 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Ostrów Wielkopolski in MayPoland · 82 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in MayPoland · 94 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Kalisz in MayPoland · 104 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in MayCzechia · 130 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 59 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 Wrocław) is explained once on the Wrocław year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.