Gdańsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇱 Poland · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Gdańsk is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with July close behind. Gdańsk averages about 1,636 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,636
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 714 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈69 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 740k
- Elevation
- 136 m
When is the best time to visit Gdańsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gdańsk is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 58 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gdańsk?
Gdańsk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,636 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 14 destinations in Poland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,626 hours. The year's 714 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 58 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 42 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 44 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 36 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 55 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| June | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 58 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 72 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 86 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 71 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| September | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 63 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 67 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 69 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 65 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Gdańsk by month
The sea off Gdańsk is warmest in August at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 1 month a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bydgoszcz Poland · 146 km · best in Sep · 1,598 h sun/yr
- Kaliningrad Russia · 149 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
- Poznań Poland · 243 km · best in Sep · 1,601 h sun/yr
- Szczecin(Glewice) Poland · 249 km · best in Jun · 1,621 h sun/yr
- Warsaw Poland · 297 km · best in Sep · 1,623 h sun/yr
- Łódź Poland · 302 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Olsztyn Poland · 190 km · 1,628 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Palanga Lithuania · 244 km · 1,713 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Gdańsk compares month by month: Gdańsk vs Poznań · Gdańsk vs Kaliningrad · Gdańsk vs Bydgoszcz · all comparisons
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