According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Poland is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Poland
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Poland is best for
Explore historic Baltic ports like Gdańsk, clifftop castles, hearty pierogi, and scenic mountain trails.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Poland by month
Monthly averages around Warsaw; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −4 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| February | about −2 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| March | about 2 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| April best | about 9 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May best | about 14 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| June | about 18 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| July | about 21 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| August | about 20 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| September best | about 15 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| October best | about 8 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| November | about 4 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| December | about −2 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Poland
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Language
- Polish
- Currency
- Polish Zloty (PLN)
- Time
- UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, E · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +48
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Poland
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