Climate averages 1991–2020
Kraków weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kraków: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, about as warm as Kraków, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 8th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 51st of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 12.7°C; Kraków is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jaworzno in OctoberPoland · 50 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Mysłowice in OctoberPoland · 57 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in OctoberPoland · 60 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Sosnowiec in OctoberPoland · 64 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Katowice in OctoberPoland · 69 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in OctoberPoland · 69 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Tychy in OctoberPoland · 70 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in OctoberPoland · 73 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 64 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.