Warsaw weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends
Poland's capital stands on the Vistula at the meeting point of Atlantic and continental air: a four-season Central European climate of cold, snowy winters and warm, storm-prone summers. Warsaw weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, records and how the climate has changed since 1940.
Today vs average
−0.1°Chigh near average
How it's changed
+2.5°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–4983frost days a year now (2016–2025) · 123 in the 1940sfrost days a year · 123 in the 1940s11days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 3 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 3 in the 1940s+2.5°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 47 mmhigh 0°low −5°February, rain 44 mmhigh 1°low −4°March, rain 43 mmhigh 6°low −1°April, rain 51 mmhigh 13°low 3°May, rain 66 mmhigh 18°low 8°June, rain 75 mmhigh 22°low 12°July, rain 87 mmhigh 23°low 14°August, rain 72 mmhigh 23°low 13°September, rain 55 mmhigh 18°low 9°October, rain 47 mmhigh 12°low 5°November, rain 51 mmhigh 6°low 1°December, rain 50 mmhigh 2°low −3°wettest month July, 87 mm · 687 mm a yearsee month by month →Right now
What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.Right now
11.4°
On this date: October 18
High near average · −0.1°C
- Record high: 20.5° · 2018
- Record low: −3.4° · 2010
- One year ago: 8° / 3°
Every October 18 in history, coldest to hottest
Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 18 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.
Area we sample
Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.
Location & data
Historical weather for Warsaw is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 52.23°N, 21.01°E, with daily records since 1940.
- Coordinates
- 52.23°N, 21.01°E
- Time zone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Period
- 1940–2026
- Data source
- ERA5 (ECMWF)
Last 30 days
22 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.2°C.
Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.
This date over the years
One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Weather by month
Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.Climate overview
Warsaw has a transitional climate (Köppen Cfb/Dfb) that fuses oceanic and continental influences, the two competing for dominance through the year. Set inland on the Masovian plain along the Vistula, it has cold, sometimes snowy and cloudy winters and warm summers that are relatively sunny but frequently broken by storms.
The continental side of that balance has been weakening. The city was unambiguously humid-continental until recent decades, but climate change and its growing urban heat island have nudged it toward a milder, more oceanic regime. Sharp seasonal contrasts nonetheless remain, with hard winter freezes and hot summer spells both firmly part of the record.
The year peaks in July, at around 23.3°C by mid-afternoon, with nights around 13.7°C. In January, the coolest month, afternoons reach about −0.4°C and nights dip to −5.2°C.
In total, Warsaw averages about 687 mm of precipitation a year; July is usually the wettest month (87 mm) and March the driest (43 mm).
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Warsaw has risen by 2.5°C between its first decade and its last. Where the first decade averaged 125 frost days a year, the recent one saw about 85.
Climate graph (climograph)
July is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 21°C. Wettest month: July (~87 mm). Whole year averages ~687 mm of rain.
Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).
Rainy days by month
About 99 rainy days a year: most in July (~10), fewest in October (~7).
Bars = average number of days with ≥ 2 mm per month. Hover for the monthly rainfall total.
Monthly wind
Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.
Monthly solar energy
Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.
Warsaw month by month: what to expect
Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain | Rainy days | Daylight | Record high | Record low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.4° | −5.2° | 47 mm | 8 | 8.0 h | 16.9° (2023) | −31.9° (1987) |
| February | 1.1° | −4.5° | 44 mm | 7 | 9.6 h | 17.1° (2021) | −29.4° (1940) |
| March | 5.8° | −1.4° | 43 mm | 7 | 11.5 h | 23.7° (2024) | −20.6° (1942) |
| April | 12.6° | 3.5° | 51 mm | 8 | 13.6 h | 29.5° (2012) | −14.0° (1944) |
| May | 18.3° | 8.3° | 66 mm | 9 | 15.5 h | 31.9° (1979) | −4.1° (2007) |
| June | 21.7° | 11.8° | 75 mm | 10 | 16.5 h | 35.4° (2019) | 1.9° (1982) |
| July | 23.3° | 13.7° | 87 mm | 10 | 16.1 h | 35.8° (1994) | 6.7° (1996) |
| August | 23.0° | 13.1° | 72 mm | 8 | 14.5 h | 36.3° (1992) | 5.2° (1975) |
| September | 18.2° | 9.3° | 55 mm | 7 | 12.4 h | 34.0° (2015) | −2.6° (1977) |
| October | 12.2° | 4.9° | 47 mm | 7 | 10.3 h | 26.8° (1942) | −7.8° (2012) |
| November | 5.6° | 1.1° | 51 mm | 8 | 8.5 h | 18.6° (2018) | −20.7° (1998) |
| December | 1.6° | −2.6° | 50 mm | 8 | 7.5 h | 15.2° (1961) | −23.2° (1969) |
How it's changed
Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.Climate stripes
Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +2.5°C.
Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer
Annual mean temperature
Long-term trend: +0.28°C per decade.
One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Seasonal warming
Dec–Feb is warming fastest: +0.48°C per decade.
Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Hot days vs frost days
Days ≥ 30°C per year: 2.5 early in the record → 11.4 recently. Frost days: 123 → 83.
Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.
Yearly hot & cold extremes
All-time high in 1992, all-time low in 1987: 36.3°C / −31.9°C.
One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.
Annual rainfall
~687 mm/year on average. Last decade: +1% vs that average. Long-term trend: +9 mm per decade.
One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).
Day-by-day grid
Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).
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