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Kraków in March

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Kraków is chilly: highs near 48°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 47 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Kraków is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
48°F9°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
11h 47mon average

Is March a good time to visit Kraków?

March sits outside Kraków's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 48°F in March, against 37°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in March, against 3°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in March, against 35% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in March, against 46% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

11h 47m in March, against 8h 08m to 16h 18m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February40°4°low 24°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March48°9°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April59°15°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kraków sits, in March

Europe/Warsaw
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:56 AMsets 5:43 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Warsaw253 km north

The land around Kraków, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Poland in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Kraków

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kraków. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.