Lesser Poland Voivodeship · Poland
Kraków in May
In May, Kraków averages a daytime high of 18 °C and a night-time low of 9 °C, with about 80 mm of rain over the month. It falls outside Kraków's most comfortable months, August.
- Average high
- 18 °C
- Average low
- 9 °C
- Rain in the month
- 80 mm
- Daylight on 15 May
- 15 h 30 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 231
When to go
How May compares with the rest of the year in Kraków
May is tied for the 4th warmest month in Kraków by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from -1 °C to 23 °C and the lows from -4 °C to 14 °C. By day, May is 5 °C warmer than April, and June is 3 °C warmer than May.
May brings 80 mm of rain, more than the monthly average of 60 mm (714 mm a year); it is the 3rd wettest month.
On 15 May the sun is up for about 15 h 30 min, against 8 h at the shortest and 16 h 20 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1 °C | -4 °C | 39 mm | |
| February | 1 °C | -3 °C | 35 mm | |
| March | 6 °C | 0 °C | 42 mm | |
| April | 13 °C | 5 °C | 49 mm | |
| May | 18 °C | 9 °C | 80 mm | |
| June | 21 °C | 12 °C | 93 mm | |
| July | 23 °C | 14 °C | 106 mm | |
| August | 23 °C | 14 °C | 71 mm | Yes |
| September | 18 °C | 10 °C | 67 mm | |
| October | 12 °C | 6 °C | 54 mm | |
| November | 6 °C | 2 °C | 41 mm | |
| December | 0 °C | -2 °C | 37 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is May a good time to visit Kraków?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 18 °C is below 18 °C. The comfortable months in Kraków are August; the nearest is August.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
Public holidays in Poland in May
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
When to go
Destinations near Kraków that are comfortable in May
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Kraków
This guide lists 231 places to stay in Kraków: 3 chain properties with their details and own websites, and 228 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 118; 1–3 km, 72; 3–10 km, 35; 10 km or more, 6.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.