The climate in Poland
Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesAll climate diagrams on this page come from the collected data of 43 weather stations.
Weather stations at an altitude above 700m have not been included.
All data correspond to the average monthly values of the last 20 years.
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Climate zone: Moderate zone of the northern hemisphere
The climate in Poland is quite varied, but generally does not offer extreme climate conditions. It is cold and wet with some nice summer months. It rarely gets really warm up here. The warmest and rainiest part of the country is Lubusz. The coldest is Warmia-Masuria. Due to the warmer temperatures, the best time for traveling is from May to September. Less attractive are the cold months from November to March.
The climate in Poland is quite varied, but generally does not offer extreme climate conditions. It is cold and wet with some nice summer months. It rarely gets really warm up here. The warmest and rainiest part of the country is Lubusz. The coldest is Warmia-Masuria. Due to the warmer temperatures, the best time for traveling is from May to September. Less attractive are the cold months from November to March.
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Precipitation in mm/day

Relative humidity in %

Absolute humidity in g/m³

Regions in Poland
All figures per year. For detailed climate data click on the name of the region.Region | Temperature max Ø day | Temperature min Ø night | Sunshine hours | Rainy days | Precipitation |
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Warmia-Masuria | 12.1 °C | 5.2 °C | 1,898 h | 120 | 730 l |
Greater Poland | 14.1 °C | 5.4 °C | 1,935 h | 95 | 540 l |
Swietokrzyskie | 13.9 °C | 4.8 °C | 1,533 h | 103 | 617 l |
Subcarpathia | 13.3 °C | 5.0 °C | 544 l | ||
Lesser Poland | 13.8 °C | 4.7 °C | 1,862 h | 101 | 621 l |
Kuyavia-Pomerania | 13.5 °C | 4.5 °C | 555 l | ||
Lublin | 13.2 °C | 4.6 °C | 1,935 h | 100 | 584 l |
Lubusz | 14.4 °C | 5.3 °C | 1,862 h | 102 | 566 l |
Masovia | 13.4 °C | 4.8 °C | 2,044 h | 98 | 569 l |
Lower Silesia | 13.7 °C | 4.9 °C | 1,825 h | 110 | 642 l |
Opole | 14.2 °C | 4.8 °C | 1,898 h | 96 | 599 l |
Podlaskie | 12.5 °C | 4.1 °C | 1,898 h | 103 | 591 l |
Pomerania | 12.1 °C | 5.3 °C | 1,971 h | 118 | 690 l |
Silesia | 13.9 °C | 4.8 °C | 1,789 h | 103 | 639 l |
West Pomerania | 13.8 °C | 5.7 °C | 1,862 h | 97 | 518 l |
Temperature records of the last 72 years
The hottest temperature measured from 1951 to January 2023 was reported by the Wroclaw Airport weather station. In July 2022, the record temperature of 37.4 °C was reported here. The hottest summer from July to September, based on all 25 weather stations in Poland below 700 meters altitude, was recorded in 2018 with an average temperature of 18.7 °C. This average temperature will normally be measured every four to six hours, thus also including the nights. Normally, this value is 16.4 degrees Celsius. The average maximum daily temperature at that time was 24.3 °C.The coldest day in these 72 years was reported by the Bialystok weather station. Here the temperature dropped to -25.4 °C in January 2021. Bialystok lies at an altitude of 150 meters above sea level. The coldest winter (January to March) was in 1963 with an average temperature of -6.3 °C. In Poland, it is usual to have about 6.0 degrees more at -0.4 °C for this three-month period.
The most precipitation fell in August 1977. With 17.8 mm per day, the Klodzko weather station recorded the highest monthly average of the last 72 years. Incidentally, the region with the most rainfall for the whole year is around Elblag Milejewo. The driest region is near Poznan.
Long-term development of temperatures from 1954 - 2022
In contrast to single record values, long-term development cannot simply be brought about by all weather stations in the country. Both the number and the locations are constantly changing. An average value would give a distorted result. If several measuring stations in particularly cold mountain or coastal regions are added in one year, the average would decrease as a result of this alone. If a station fails during the summer or winter months, it does not provide any values and distorts the average again. The subsequent long-term development was therefore reduced to only 3 measuring points in order to have comparable data over as long a period as possible.In the years 1954 to 2022, there were only these 3 weather stations in the whole country, which reported continuous temperature values (Warszawa Okecie, Bialystok, Poznan). From these weather reports, we have created a long-term development that shows the monthly average temperatures. The hottest month in this entire period was July 2006 at 22.8 °C. January 1987 was the coldest month with an average temperature of -12.3 °C.
The average annual temperature was about 7.2 °C in the years after 1954 and about 9.8 °C in the last years before 2022. So in less than 69 years, it has increased by about 2.6 °C. This trend only applies to the selected 3 weather stations in Poland. A considerably more comprehensive evaluation of global warming has been provided separately.
