Zgorzelec climate — normals and trends
Zgorzelec (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 695 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 (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zgorzelec averages 81 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Zgorzelec has warmed by +2.6 °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 100 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 19 June 2022) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 9 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
ZgorzelecLower Silesia
- coords
- 51.15°, 15.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
37.7 °C
19 June 2022
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
64 mm
13 August 1948
Windiest day
51.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
8 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
3 March 1965
Sunniest day
16.0 h
12 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 68 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 29 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 61 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 56 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 100 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 65 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 41 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 28 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zgorzelec?
Zgorzelec has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zgorzelec?
The hottest day measured in Zgorzelec between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2022, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zgorzelec?
The coldest day measured in Zgorzelec between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zgorzelec?
Yes. Zgorzelec gets on average 61.3 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Zgorzelec warmed?
Yes: Zgorzelec warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zgorzelec?
The wettest day measured in Zgorzelec between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1948, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zgorzelec?
The windiest day measured in Zgorzelec between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 51.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zgorzelec?
The warmest month in Zgorzelec is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zgorzelec?
Zgorzelec receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zgorzelec?
Zgorzelec 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 Zgorzelec?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zgorzelec between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1965, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zgorzelec?
Yes: Zgorzelec has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zgorzelec?
In Zgorzelec, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 8 August 2015, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 9 February 1956.
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