Sanok climate — normals and trends
Sanok (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 912 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.
Sanok averages 117 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Sanok has warmed by +2.6 °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 138 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 1 July 2022) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
SanokSubcarpathia
- coords
- 49.56°, 22.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.3°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
912mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
128.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
34.0 °C
1 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
69 mm
27 July 1960
Windiest day
45.8 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
29.6 cm
19 April 1999
Sunniest day
15.1 h
1 July 2025
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 | 3.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 53 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 55 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 72 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 113 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 55 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 166 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 87 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 10.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 74 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 95 mm | +35 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 28 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sanok?
Sanok has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 912 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sanok?
The hottest day measured in Sanok between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2022, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sanok?
The coldest day measured in Sanok between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sanok?
Yes. Sanok gets on average 128.8 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Sanok warmed?
Yes: Sanok warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sanok?
The wettest day measured in Sanok between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1960, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sanok?
The windiest day measured in Sanok between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sanok?
The warmest month in Sanok is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sanok?
Sanok receives on average 912 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sanok?
Sanok 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 Sanok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sanok between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1999, with 29.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sanok?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sanok.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sanok?
In Sanok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 11 January 1940.
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