St Mary's Basilica and town houses on the main square in Kraków under a clear winter sky
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Poland by campervan: weather and best time

When to tour Poland by campervan: temperatures, rainfall and the best season for each part of the country. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Weather

Weather

Poland has one season for van life and it runs from May to September. This is a continental climate, so the year is not a gentle slope: winter sits at or below freezing for months and July is warm rather than hot, with average daily highs of 23 °C on the coast and 25 °C in Kraków. There is no Polish equivalent of a warm winter coast, which is the single biggest difference from southern Europe.

Snow covered Tatra peaks above a white valley and dark spruce forest
The Tatras. Warmest in August, wettest in July, and snowbound for half the year

The year by region: how it feels, how warm, how wet

Baltic coastGdańsk
2°28 mm
3°24 mm
7°28 mm
12°32 mm
17°53 mm
20°59 mm
23°79 mm
23°70 mm
18°64 mm
13°55 mm
7°43 mm
3°36 mm
MasuriaOlsztyn
0°42 mm
2°33 mm
6°39 mm
13°38 mm
19°60 mm
22°70 mm
24°88 mm
23°64 mm
18°58 mm
12°58 mm
6°47 mm
2°45 mm
Kraków and MałopolskaKraków
2°38 mm
4°32 mm
8°38 mm
15°46 mm
20°79 mm
23°77 mm
25°98 mm
25°72 mm
20°66 mm
14°51 mm
8°41 mm
3°33 mm
Tatras and PodhaleZakopane
1°47 mm
2°51 mm
5°61 mm
11°81 mm
16°142 mm
20°149 mm
21°192 mm
21°125 mm
16°111 mm
12°81 mm
7°60 mm
2°45 mm
Bieszczady and the south eastRzeszów
1°33 mm
3°32 mm
8°39 mm
15°46 mm
20°79 mm
24°82 mm
26°91 mm
25°64 mm
20°66 mm
14°50 mm
7°36 mm
2°34 mm
Lower Silesia and the SudetesJelenia Góra
3°40 mm
4°35 mm
8°48 mm
14°42 mm
18°72 mm
22°84 mm
24°110 mm
24°88 mm
19°65 mm
14°48 mm
8°39 mm
4°37 mm

BestWorkableToo hotCold or wetTop figure: average daily high. Below it: average rainfall for the month.

Every row is the mean daily maximum and the average monthly rainfall from the 1991 to 2020 normals for the station named beside it. The Zakopane row is a valley station at 855 metres, and the peaks above it are a different world again: snow lies into May and the marked trails above the treeline are a mountaineering proposition outside high summer.