Nowy Sącz climate — normals and trends
Nowy Sącz (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 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nowy Sącz averages 130 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Nowy Sącz 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 153 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 3 July 2025) and the coldest -30.7 °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
Nowy SączLesser Poland
- coords
- 49.62°, 20.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
865mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
123.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 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
-30.7 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
74 mm
29 June 1958
Windiest day
42.1 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
21.5 cm
28 March 1993
Sunniest day
15.2 h
8 July 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 46 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | -1.9 °C | 108 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 43 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 140 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 61 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 90 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 78 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 102 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 18 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nowy Sącz?
Nowy Sącz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 865 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nowy Sącz?
The hottest day measured in Nowy Sącz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2025, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nowy Sącz?
The coldest day measured in Nowy Sącz between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -30.7 °C.
Does it snow in Nowy Sącz?
Yes. Nowy Sącz gets on average 123.0 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Nowy Sącz warmed?
Yes: Nowy Sącz warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nowy Sącz?
The wettest day measured in Nowy Sącz between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1958, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nowy Sącz?
The windiest day measured in Nowy Sącz between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 42.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nowy Sącz?
The warmest month in Nowy Sącz is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Nowy Sącz?
Nowy Sącz receives on average 865 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nowy Sącz?
Nowy Sącz 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 Nowy Sącz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nowy Sącz between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1993, with 21.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nowy Sącz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nowy Sącz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nowy Sącz?
In Nowy Sącz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 2 February 1956.
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