Kraków John Paul II International Airport

EPKK · Lesser Poland, Poland

Climate Kraków John Paul II International Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kraków John Paul II International Airport (EPKK) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 43.5 55 48 43 50 45
February 56.9 63 63 58 76 38
March 74.9 73 68 76 88 77
April 79.7 82 72 79 70
May 83.5 97 74 95 86
June 88.2 91 84 90 95
July 90.8 89 93 91 93
August 88.3 94 82 80 84
September 82.3 86 85 81 82
October 75.6 77 84 84 81
November 48.4 41 62 40 47
December 41.1 40 53 18 32
Average 73.8 64.3 77.1 74.8 78.1 73.6

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 73.5 77 82 75 82 78
February 83.1 82 90 91 95 70
March 91.1 96 85 93 95 91
April 93.0 99 90 95 84
May 94.4 99 91 99 97
June 96.1 96 94 98 98
July 96.8 97 97 97 97
August 96.0 98 94 91 94
September 92.6 92 94 93 93
October 89.6 90 94 95 90
November 69.5 66 88 54 67
December 66.2 69 72 48 58
Average 88.7 85.8 90.5 90.6 90.4 87.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.7 5.4 2.7 5.4 3.1 1.9
February 5.2 3.9 10.0 4.5 7.0 3.2
March 9.9 12.3 11.8 10.5 9.5 8.1
April 14.3 16.3 12.0 11.1 10.8
May 19.1 22.5 17.6 20.6 18.0
June 24.6 24.6 23.0 25.8 25.1
July 25.4 26.6 25.8 25.0 26.5
August 25.6 27.0 25.3 26.1 22.0
September 20.1 22.5 23.3 17.1 19.1
October 15.5 15.3 16.5 16.6 14.9
November 7.9 6.5 7.9 7.5 8.0
December 3.7 4.5 4.7 0.2 2.2
Average 13.7 7.3 15.8 14.7 14.6 13.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -4.5 -2.0 -4.5 -1.8 -3.7 -5.9
February -3.8 -5.7 2.7 -3.7 -1.3 -6.9
March -1.7 1.0 2.6 0.8 -3.7 -2.1
April 3.2 5.7 3.0 2.2 1.1
May 8.0 9.5 7.2 8.0 6.7
June 13.4 13.9 11.8 13.0 12.8
July 14.1 15.5 14.0 13.9 16.3
August 14.5 15.0 15.4 15.1 12.5
September 10.1 11.3 12.3 8.6 9.5
October 5.4 5.5 6.7 5.5 3.6
November 1.2 -1.8 1.3 1.1 1.9
December -2.4 -1.0 -1.5 -4.3 -3.2
Average 4.5 -2.3 6.4 5.8 5.2 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.5 14 27 19 23 22
February 14.7 5 19 16 15 19
March 8.3 7 15 10 6 7
April 11.9 11 12 13 21
May 8.2 2 10 3 8
June 3.5 5 4 3 2
July 4.7 1 5 8 5
August 5.7 4 7 3 15
September 8.0 8 8 9 4
October 8.9 11 9 3 4
November 12.3 14 21 13 14
December 17.8 14 28 28 18
Average 9.2 8.2 9.5 10.9 8.6 10.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.3 6 9 6 10 6
February 8.0 5 8 9 10 8
March 7.9 7 6 8 7 8
April 7.8 7 6 8 8
May 7.0 6 7 7 8
June 6.4 5 6 6 6
July 6.2 5 6 7 5
August 5.6 5 5 6 6
September 6.3 7 5 6 6
October 6.5 6 7 6 7
November 6.4 6 8 5 7
December 6.9 6 9 6 7
Average 6.8 6.2 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 252° 251° 247° 252° 251°
February 001° 249° 261° 248° 280°
March 299° 056° 247° 038° 258°
April 252° 348° 282° 256°
May 070° 055° 266° 255°
June 263° 020° 319° 030°
July 280° 254° 272° 293°
August 290° 239° 050° 253°
September 074° 068° 298° 283°
October 319° 248° 251° 239°
November 257° 255° 049° 241°
December 257° 245° 031° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.