Warsaw Climate & Temperature
- Warsaw, Poland is at 52°9'N, 20°57'E, 106 m (349 ft). See map.
- Warsaw has a humid continental climate with severe winters, no dry season, warm summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfb).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Warsaw is situated in or near the cool temperate steppe biome.
- The annual average temperature is 7.8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 21.3 °C (38.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 0.6°C (33°F) on average falling to -4.8°C (23.3°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 12.6°C (54.6°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 3.2°C (37.7°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 22.7°C (72.9°F) and average low temperatures are 12°C (53.6°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 12.3°C (54.1°F) during the day and lows of 4.7°C (40.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 515 mm (20.3 inches) which is equivalent to 515 Litres/m² (12.63 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1676 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Warsaw you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Te Wharau, Glenburn, New Zealand (Warm temperate thorn steppe biome).
Warsaw Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -1 (31) | 1 (34) | 6 (43) | 13 (55) | 19 (66) | 22 (72) | 23 (74) | 23 (73) | 18 (65) | 13 (55) | 6 (43) | 1 (35) | 12 (54) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -3 (26) | -2 (28) | 2 (35) | 8 (46) | 14 (56) | 17 (62) | 18 (64) | 17 (63) | 13 (56) | 8 (47) | 3 (38) | -1 (30) | 8 (46) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -6 (21) | -5 (23) | -2 (29) | 3 (37) | 8 (46) | 11 (52) | 13 (55) | 12 (54) | 9 (48) | 5 (40) | 1 (33) | -3 (26) | 4 (39) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 22 (1) | 21 (1) | 26 (1) | 33 (1) | 58 (2) | 71 (3) | 69 (3) | 62 (2) | 43 (2) | 37 (1) | 41 (2) | 32 (1) | 515 (20) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 15 (48) | 14 (50) | 11 (35) | 13 (43) | 11 (35) | 13 (43) | 16 (52) | 13 (42) | 12 (40) | 12 (39) | 12 (40) | 16 (52) | 158 (43) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 1h 42' | 1h 56' | 3h 42' | 5h 16' | 8h 07' | 8h 08' | 7h 03' | 6h 56' | 5h 16' | 3h 50' | 1h 38' | 1h 15' | 4h 35' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 8h 18' | 9h 50' | 11h 48' | 13h 53' | 15h 42' | 16h 40' | 16h 14' | 14h 38' | 12h 36' | 10h 32' | 8h 44' | 7h 48' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 21 (79) | 20 (80) | 32 (68) | 39 (61) | 53 (47) | 50 (50) | 44 (56) | 48 (52) | 43 (57) | 37 (63) | 19 (81) | 17 (83) | 38 (62) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 18 | 27.3 | 38.1 | 49.8 | 58.1 | 61.3 | 58.3 | 49.9 | 38.5 | 27 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 38.2 |
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