Climate and average weather in Bolesławiec

In Bolesławiec, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bolesławiec typically varies from -3°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -12°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bolesławiec for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-3°
Wettest
Jul
87 mm
Driest
Apr
41 mm
Rain / yr
698 mm
137 wet days
Daylight
7.6–16.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
197 m
51.3°N
Clearest
Aug
60% cloud

Bolesławiec is historic town situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 33.3 µg/m³ · 2017
Density
1,784/km²
people per km²
Founded
1201

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Bolesławiec weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bolesławiec, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 23 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Bolesławiec is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Bolesławiec is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-3
Feb4-2
Mar81
Apr144
May189
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2313
Sep1910
Oct136
Nov72
Dec3-1

How hot and cold Bolesławiec really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -8°C (around January 28), with roughly 154 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-7-3
Feb44-7-2
Mar88-31
Apr141414
May181879
Jun21221212
Jul24241414
Aug23231313
Sep1919910
Oct131336
Nov77-22
Dec33-6-1

Average hourly temperature in Bolesławiec

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -3°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bolesławiec weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°5712.46.48.20.0
Feb / -2°4610.75.99.60.0
Mar / 5912.74.511.51.2
Apr14° / 419.5113.53.9
May18° / 6211.90.115.35.6
Jun22° / 12°6812.6016.36.0
Jul24° / 14°8713.1015.96.4
Aug23° / 13°6910.6014.46.7
Sep19° / 10°6010.3012.45.8
Oct13° / 5210.40.310.43.5
Nov / 4910.42.48.70.9
Dec / -1°51125.27.70.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bolesławiec gets about 698 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.1 months, from around May 24 to Jul 26, peaking in July at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 22.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 87 mm over about 13 wet days; April is the driest, with 41 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 12 · 45%Sep 22 · 31%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3912
Feb3811
Mar4013
Apr3310
May3812
Jun4213
Jul4213
Aug3511
Sep3510
Oct3310
Nov3510
Dec3912

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bolesławiec collects about 698 mm of rain across 137 wet days — roughly 58 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 87 mm, while April is the driest at just 41 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec574659416268876960524951
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan57126
Feb46116
Mar59135
Apr41101
May62120
Jun68130
Jul87130
Aug69110
Sep60100
Oct52100
Nov49102
Dec51125

Snow in Bolesławiec

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Bolesławiec averages about 26 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 26 to Apr 22 — about 5.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 22 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 100 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 25
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan622
Feb627
Mar516
Apr14
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov211
Dec519

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bolesławiec, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 27 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 47% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around March 26. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 75% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 4 · 50%Jan 1 · 24%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2575
Feb2674
Mar3169
Apr4060
May3862
Jun3862
Jul4555
Aug4753
Sep3862
Oct3268
Nov2674
Dec2575

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 19, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 19, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.28:034:11
Feb9.67:235:02
Mar11.56:225:53
Apr13.55:116:45
May15.34:147:34
Jun16.33:488:08
Jul15.94:058:01
Aug14.44:507:13
Sep12.45:406:04
Oct10.46:314:55
Nov8.77:254:01
Dec7.78:043:44

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bolesławiec averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around Jun 24 to Oct 24. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 45% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 49 daysNov 274 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bolesławiec, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around May 31 to September 7. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 8 to May 30, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 24 · 100%Aug 1 · 79%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92710
Jun712271
Jul4835151
Aug5134140
Sep831420
Oct98200
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bolesławiec is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 20 to Apr 6. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 7 to Oct 19, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 2 · 15 km/hAug 2 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Bolesławiec

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bolesławiec throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Bolesławiec is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bolesławiec for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 10 · 6.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.2poor
Apr3.9fair
May5.6good
Jun6.0good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.7good
Sep5.7good
Oct3.5fair
Nov0.9poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bolesławiec for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 3 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bolesławiec, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bolesławiec sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bolesławiec by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bolesławiec peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Bolesławiec

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr40
May6.50
Jun83.5
Jul7.52.5
Aug6.50
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Bolesławiec by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bolesławiec is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1716 µg/m³Dec 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Bolesławiec typically lasts about 264 days, from around March 10 to November 28 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 19 to October 16.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1050%Apr 1990%Oct 1690%Nov 2850%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3231
Feb3428
Mar5631
Apr8719
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct9117
Nov6830
Dec4031

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bolesławiec banks about 981 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr9
May108
Jun200
Jul270
Aug260
Sep123
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bolesławiec receives about 3.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.3 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 88% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 55.3 kWhDec 200.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.8Dim
Feb1.6Dim
Mar2.8Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug4.5Bright
Sep3.1Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov0.9Dim
Dec0.6Dim

Where is Bolesławiec?

Bolesławiec sits at 51.3°N, 15.6°E, 197 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Lubań, 25 km away.

ZgorzelecLegnicaJelenia GóraGörlitzŻagańPolkowice

Topography around Bolesławiec

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bolesławiec.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bolesławiec has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,572 m.

The land around Bolesławiec is covered by trees (38%), cropland (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
203 m
80 km
1,572 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Lubań 25 km · Złotoryja 29 km · Zgorzelec 41 km · Legnica 42 km · Jelenia Góra 42 km · Görlitz 42 km · Żagań 43 km · Polkowice 44 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bolesławiec (51.2642°, 15.5697°, elevation 197 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).