Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kraków: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In March its highs average 7.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kraków, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 10th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 45th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 7.1°C; Kraków is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jaworzno in MarchPoland · 50 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Mysłowice in MarchPoland · 57 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in MarchPoland · 60 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in MarchPoland · 64 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Katowice in MarchPoland · 69 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MarchPoland · 69 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Tychy in MarchPoland · 70 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MarchPoland · 73 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 52 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.