Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Kraków: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In February its highs average 2.4°C, about as warm as Kraków, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 2.8°C; Kraków is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jaworzno in FebruaryPoland · 50 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Mysłowice in FebruaryPoland · 57 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in FebruaryPoland · 60 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -3.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in FebruaryPoland · 64 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Katowice in FebruaryPoland · 69 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in FebruaryPoland · 69 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Tychy in FebruaryPoland · 70 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in FebruaryPoland · 73 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 47 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.