Krynica-Zdrój climate — normals and trends
Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 865 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Krynica-Zdrój averages 126 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Krynica-Zdrój has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 3 July 2025) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 2 February 1956).
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
Krynica-ZdrójLesser Poland
- coords
- 49.42°, 20.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
865mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 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
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
34.6 °C
3 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
68 mm
29 June 1958
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
11 November 1979
Sunniest day
15.2 h
4 July 2015
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 | 4.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 43 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 46 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 47 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | -2.0 °C | 113 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 49 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 146 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 84 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 79 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 102 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 19 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Krynica-Zdrój?
Krynica-Zdrój has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 865 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Krynica-Zdrój?
The hottest day measured in Krynica-Zdrój between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2025, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Krynica-Zdrój?
The coldest day measured in Krynica-Zdrój between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Krynica-Zdrój?
Yes. Krynica-Zdrój gets on average 116.4 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Krynica-Zdrój warmed?
Yes: Krynica-Zdrój warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Krynica-Zdrój?
The wettest day measured in Krynica-Zdrój between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1958, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Krynica-Zdrój?
The windiest day measured in Krynica-Zdrój between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Krynica-Zdrój?
The warmest month in Krynica-Zdrój is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Krynica-Zdrój?
Krynica-Zdrój receives on average 865 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Krynica-Zdrój?
Krynica-Zdrój gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Krynica-Zdrój?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Krynica-Zdrój between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1979, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Krynica-Zdrój?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Krynica-Zdrój.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Krynica-Zdrój?
In Krynica-Zdrój, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 2 February 1956.
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