Kielce climate — normals and trends
Kielce (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 668 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kielce averages 109 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Kielce has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 17 July 2007) and the coldest -28.7 °C (on 8 January 1987).
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
KielceŚwiętokrzyskie
- coords
- 50.87°, 20.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
36.5 °C
17 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
8 January 1987
Wettest day
62 mm
12 August 1949
Windiest day
56.4 km/h
19 November 2004
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
20 January 1986
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
30 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
30 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.4 h
3 July 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 54 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 2.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 48 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 42 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -2.3 °C | 78 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 77 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 137 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 78 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 70 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kielce?
Kielce has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kielce?
The hottest day measured in Kielce between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2007, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kielce?
The coldest day measured in Kielce between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1987, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kielce?
Yes. Kielce gets on average 69.7 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Kielce warmed?
Yes: Kielce warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kielce?
The wettest day measured in Kielce between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1949, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kielce?
The windiest day measured in Kielce between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2004, with winds reaching 56.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kielce?
The warmest month in Kielce is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kielce?
Kielce receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kielce?
Kielce gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kielce?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kielce between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1979, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kielce?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kielce.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kielce?
In Kielce, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 30 June 2022, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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