Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kraków: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In April its highs average 13.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kraków, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 5th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 56th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 13.4°C; Kraków is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kraków climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 43 | 10.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | 2.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 44 | 10.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 52 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 90 | 14.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 75 | 11.1 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 73 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 46 | 9.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 2.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 10.2 | 8.28 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Jaworzno in AprilPoland · 50 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Mysłowice in AprilPoland · 57 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in AprilPoland · 60 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in AprilPoland · 64 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Katowice in AprilPoland · 69 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in AprilPoland · 69 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Tychy in AprilPoland · 70 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in AprilPoland · 73 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 69 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kraków) is explained once on the Kraków year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.