Katowice weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇱 Poland · major city break · continental climate

The best time to visit Katowice is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August and June close behind. Katowice averages about 1,606 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 66 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,606

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

76/100

Rain / year

715 mm

Snow / year

≈1.1 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

2.7M

Elevation

298 m

When is the best time to visit Katowice?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Katowice is September, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Katowice?

Katowice isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,606 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate September (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 14 destinations in Poland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,626 hours. The year's 715 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kraków Poland · 67 km · best in Aug · 1,604 h sun/yr
• Ostrava Czechia · 111 km · best in Aug · 1,541 h sun/yr
• Łódź Poland · 140 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
• Wrocław Poland · 170 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
• Rzeszów Poland · 213 km · best in Aug · 1,697 h sun/yr
• Brno Czechia · 226 km · best in Sep · 1,643 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Poprad Slovakia · 177 km · 1,615 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Radom Poland · 181 km · 1,648 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Katowice compares month by month: Katowice vs Kraków · Katowice vs Łódź · Katowice vs Wrocław · Katowice vs Ostrava · all comparisons