Suwałki climate — normals and trends
Suwałki (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 641 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Suwałki averages 118 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Suwałki has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 8 August 2015) and the coldest -32.9 °C (on 12 January 1950).
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
SuwałkiPodlasie
- coords
- 54.11°, 22.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.8 cm
Average feels-like high
7.2 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
35.4 °C
8 August 2015
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
67 mm
5 August 1966
Windiest day
57.5 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
17 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
13 April 1996
Sunniest day
16.7 h
18 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +6.5 °C | 38 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -1.8 °C | 53 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 53 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 134 mm | +51 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 55 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 66 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 83 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 4.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 60 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 22 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Suwałki?
Suwałki has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Suwałki?
The hottest day measured in Suwałki between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Suwałki?
The coldest day measured in Suwałki between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Suwałki?
Yes. Suwałki gets on average 81.8 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Suwałki warmed?
Yes: Suwałki warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Suwałki?
The wettest day measured in Suwałki between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1966, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Suwałki?
The windiest day measured in Suwałki between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 57.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Suwałki?
The warmest month in Suwałki is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Suwałki?
Suwałki receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Suwałki?
Suwałki gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Suwałki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Suwałki between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1996, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Suwałki?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Suwałki.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Suwałki?
In Suwałki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 17 July 2007, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 12 January 1950.
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