Kraków Weather in May
Kraków in May
The short of it: Kraków in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 9° · rain 83 mm · daylight 15 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Kraków an average May high of 22°, a low of 9° and some 83 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 22°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 24 min in mid-May, 102 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Kraków runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Grzegórzki, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Kraków, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 36 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrzegórzkiLesser Poland | 2 km E | 21° | 9° | 82 mm |
| BieńczyceLesser Poland | 7 km ENE | 21° | 9° | 84 mm |
| SkawinaLesser Poland | 12 km SW | 21° | 8° | 82 mm |
| WieliczkaLesser Poland | 12 km SE | 20° | 8° | 87 mm |
| NiepołomiceLesser Poland | 21 km E | 21° | 8° | 84 mm |
| KrzeszowiceLesser Poland | 24 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 86 mm |
| MyśleniceLesser Poland | 25 km S | 20° | 8° | 92 mm |
| MiechówLesser Poland | 33 km N | 20° | 8° | 80 mm |