Climate - Wroclaw (Poland)

The climate of Wroclaw is moderately continental, characterized by cold winters, with temperatures often below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F), and mild or pleasantly warm summers.
Wroclaw (or Vratislavia) is located in southwestern Poland, in Lower Silesia.
Winter is cold and gray. Snowfalls are frequent, but generally not abundant.
Sometimes, cold waves from Siberia can occur, and the temperatures can drop to -20 °C (-4 °F) or below. It reached -30 °C (-22 °F) in January 1985, -29.5 °C (-21 °F) in January 1987, and -27 °C (-16.5 °F) in January 1963.
In summer, the temperatures are pleasant and suitable for outdoor activities, although sometimes there can be rains and thunderstorms.
Every now and then (and more often in recent years due to global warming), there can be short heat waves, with maximum temperatures exceeding 30 °C (86 °F). The temperature reached 38 °C (100.5 °F) in August 2015, 37.4 °C (99 °F) in August 1994, and 37 °C (98.5 °F) in late June 2019.
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of -0.8 °C (31 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 19 °C (66 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 535 millimeters (21.1 inches) per year: so, it is at an intermediate level. It ranges from 25 mm (1 in) in the driest month (January) to 80 mm (3.1 in) in the wettest (July). Here is the average precipitation.

On average, there are around 1,860 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.

Best Time

The best time to visit Wroclaw runs from mid-May to mid-September, since it is the warmest and sunniest period of the year. Sometimes, it can be hot in July and August, while in other circumstances, nights can be cool or even a little cold even in these months, so it can be useful to bring a sweatshirt or sweater and a light jacket for the evening.