Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kraków: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In December its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Kraków, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Kraków is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 41 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Jaworzno in DecemberPoland · 50 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Mysłowice in DecemberPoland · 57 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in DecemberPoland · 60 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in DecemberPoland · 64 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Katowice in DecemberPoland · 69 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in DecemberPoland · 69 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Tychy in DecemberPoland · 70 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in DecemberPoland · 73 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 44 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.