When to go · Poland
Poland in May
Good month. Green, mild, long days; 3 May holiday weekend is busy.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Good
- Crowds
- Medium
- Poland
- Prices
- Medium
- Poland
Verdict
Green, mild, long days; 3 May holiday weekend is busy.
Weather in May
- Centre and south (Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław) · Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Lublinbest weather
Continental: cold winters (often below 0 °C), warm summers with storms; winter smog in Kraków on still days.
- Baltic coast · Gdańsk, Sopot, Hel peninsulafine
Cooler summers, sea at 17–20 °C in August; windy and grey in winter.
- Mountains (Tatras, Karkonosze) · Zakopane, Karpaczfine
Ski December–March; summer hiking July–September; Zakopane packed at weekends.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Labour Day, Constitution Day big impact
1 and 3 May
'Majówka' long weekend: trains and mountains packed.
Pentecost, Boże Ciało
Pentecost Sunday and Corpus Christi (June)
Corpus Christi processions; long weekends; shops closed.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Poland
- Medium
- Prices · Poland
- Medium
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.
Where to go in May
Rated best or good this month
Centre and south (Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław)
Best weather of the year (Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Lublin)
Warm; long days.