Climate Kraków John Paul II International Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	42.0	48	43	50	45	50
February	56.2	63	58	76	38	74
March	75.2	68	76	88	77	87
April	79.4		72	79	70	98
May	81.7		74	95	86	85
June	87.9		84	90	95	67
July	91.1		93	91	93	92
August	87.5		82	80	84	89
September	81.8		85	81	82	86
October	75.3		84	84	81	64
November	49.5		62	40	47	51
December	41.3		53	18	32	36
Average	72.9	60.3	74.8	78.1	73.6	76.5

2nd best VFR conditions of Poland

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	73.0	82	75	82	78	79
February	83.3	90	91	95	70	95
March	90.6	85	93	95	91	96
April	92.3		90	95	84	99
May	93.7		91	99	97	97
June	96.1		94	98	98	88
July	96.8		97	97	97	96
August	95.7		94	91	94	97
September	92.6		94	93	93	93
October	89.6		94	95	90	87
November	70.1		88	54	67	74
December	65.9		72	48	58	46
Average	88.4	85.4	90.6	90.4	87.5	89.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.4	3	5	3	2	4
February	5.4	10	5	7	3	8
March	9.6	12	11	10	8	10
April	14.0		12	11	11	16
May	18.6		18	21	18	17
June	24.6		23	26	25	22
July	25.2		26	25	27	25
August	25.4		25	26	22	26
September	19.8		23	17	19	21
October	15.6		17	17	15	14
November	8.1		8	8	8	8
December	3.6		5	0	2	3
Average	13.6	8.1	14.7	14.6	13.4	14.5

6th highest temperature of Poland

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-4.3	-4	0	-2	-4	-2
February	-2.0	3	-2	-1	-5	0
March	-1.5	3	1	-2	-2	-1
April	2.9		3	2	1	1
May	7.8		7	8	7	5
June	13.3		12	13	13	14
July	13.9		14	14	16	13
August	14.5		15	15	13	15
September	9.9		12	9	10	9
October	5.4		7	6	4	7
November	1.4		1	1	2	1
December	-2.3		-1	-4	-3	-2
Average	4.5	0.5	5.8	5.2	4.2	4.9

6th lowest temperature of Poland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.1	27	19	23	22	6
February	15.9	19	16	15	19	17
March	8.6	15	10	6	7	5
April	12.0		12	13	21	2
May	9.0		10	3	8	13
June	3.3		4	3	2	5
July	5.2		5	8	5	4
August	5.9		7	3	15	4
September	8.0		8	9	4	7
October	8.7		9	3	4	15
November	12.0		21	13	14	9
December	18.4		28	28	18	10
Average	10.6	19.6	10.9	8.6	10.7	7.7

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.4	9	6	10	6	7
February	8.3	8	9	10	8	10
March	8.0	6	8	7	8	9
April	7.9		6	8	8	8
May	7.1		7	7	8	7
June	6.6		6	6	6	7
July	6.3		6	7	5	6
August	5.7		5	6	6	6
September	6.3		5	6	6	6
October	6.6		7	6	7	6
November	6.4		8	5	7	5
December	7.1		9	6	7	6
Average	7.0	7.4	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.9

6th highest wind speed of Poland

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	251°	247°	252°	251°	239°
February	249°	261°	248°	280°	249°
March	056°	247°	038°	258°	323°
April		348°	282°	256°	273°
May		055°	266°	255°	281°
June		020°	319°	030°	298°
July		254°	272°	293°	256°
August		239°	050°	253°	320°
September		068°	298°	283°	272°
October		248°	251°	239°	237°
November		255°	049°	241°	236°
December		245°	031°	267°	061°

Prevailing wind direction

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