Kraków weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇱 Poland · city break · continental climate

The best time to visit Kraków is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with September and June close behind. Kraków averages about 1,604 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

1,604

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

786 mm

Snow / year

≈1 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

817k

Elevation

238 m

When is the best time to visit Kraków?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kraków is August, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 46 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kraków?

Kraków isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,604 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate August (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 14 destinations in Poland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,626 hours. The year's 786 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

• Katowice Poland · 67 km · best in Sep · 1,606 h sun/yr
• Ostrava Czechia · 127 km · best in Aug · 1,541 h sun/yr
• Rzeszów Poland · 160 km · best in Aug · 1,697 h sun/yr
• Łódź Poland · 185 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
• Košice Slovakia · 189 km · best in Sep · 1,792 h sun/yr
• Wrocław Poland · 235 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Poprad Slovakia · 117 km · 1,615 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Sliač Slovakia · 167 km · 1,759 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Radom Poland · 177 km · 1,648 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Kraków compares month by month: Kraków vs Katowice · Kraków vs Ostrava · Kraków vs Rzeszów · Kraków vs Košice · all comparisons