Best: Aug · Great: May-Jul, Sep-Oct
Two separate wet seasons shape the year here, roughly around July and December, with drier, more reliable stretches in between rather than one long wet or dry season. In August, expect highs around 25°C with rain on roughly 11 days of the month.
Kraków's medieval Main Square and Wawel Castle anchor Poland's best-preserved old town, and the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial, while sobering, is a short and worthwhile day trip from the city. Warsaw's meticulously rebuilt Old Town (reconstructed after near-total destruction in WWII) and its POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews are both essential stops. The Wieliczka Salt Mine, with chapels and sculptures carved entirely from salt, is another popular Kraków day trip.
Try pierogi and kielbasa, alongside Polish vodka — a genuine national tradition, with dozens of flavored varieties beyond the plain style familiar abroad.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect cold days around 2°/-5°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 3°/-4°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 9°/-1°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/4°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/9°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 23°/12°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/14°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/14°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 14°/6°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 7°/2°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 2°/-3°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).