Gołdap climate — normals and trends
Gołdap (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gołdap averages 115 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Gołdap has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 31 July 1994) and the coldest -33.9 °C (on 25 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
GołdapWarmia-Masuria
- coords
- 54.31°, 22.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
715mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
115 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
87.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.3 °C
31 July 1994
Coldest day
-33.9 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
63 mm
9 August 2005
Windiest day
51.2 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
22 October 1971
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
17 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-38.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
30 January 1979
Sunniest day
16.8 h
19 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 0.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +5.9 °C | 46 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 18 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 63 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 77 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 117 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 73 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 74 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 100 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 4.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 59 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gołdap?
Gołdap has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gołdap?
The hottest day measured in Gołdap between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1994, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gołdap?
The coldest day measured in Gołdap between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -33.9 °C.
Does it snow in Gołdap?
Yes. Gołdap gets on average 87.1 cm of snow per year and has around 115 frost days.
Has the climate of Gołdap warmed?
Yes: Gołdap warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gołdap?
The wettest day measured in Gołdap between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2005, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gołdap?
The windiest day measured in Gołdap between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gołdap?
The warmest month in Gołdap is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Gołdap?
Gołdap receives on average 715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gołdap?
Gołdap gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gołdap?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gołdap between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1979, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gołdap?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gołdap.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gołdap?
In Gołdap, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 17 July 2007, and the lowest was -38.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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