Climate averages 1991–2020

Kraków weather
in September.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.6°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 10.1°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 73 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a mild month in Kraków: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaworzno (50 km away). In September its highs average 18.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kraków, with 70 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kraków ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 51st of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 18.3°C; Kraków is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 59 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kraków, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.9°C-5.0°C-5.0°C4310.98.69 h
February 2.9°C-4.1°C-4.1°C4410.510.010 h
March 7.7°C-1.1°C-1.1°C5211.711.812 h
April 14.0°C3.6°C3.6°C5811.113.714 h
May 18.5°C8.8°C8.8°C9014.015.415 h
June 21.7°C12.6°C12.6°C8813.416.316 h
July 23.6°C14.7°C14.7°C10113.915.916 h
August 23.7°C14.3°C14.3°C7511.114.514 h
September, selected 18.6°C10.1°C10.1°C7310.612.713 h
October 13.2°C5.5°C5.5°C5910.410.811 h
November 7.2°C1.0°C1.0°C469.99.19 h
December 2.3°C-3.1°C-3.1°C4110.28.28 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Kraków

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 limits

How 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.