Kraśnik weather in August

In August, Kraśnik sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kraśnik's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kraśnik's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:24 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
57%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Kraśnik is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 24.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,417/km²
people per km²
Founded
1350

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kraśnik reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Kraśnik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kraśnik weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°4410.778.20.0
Feb / -4°4110.46.69.70.0
Mar / -1°4810.64.211.50.8
Apr14° / 5110.61.213.53.8
May19° / 7412.9015.35.7
Jun22° / 12°7712.5016.26.2
Jul24° / 14°8912.7015.86.5
Aug24° / 13°6710.6014.36.8
Sep19° / 6710.1012.45.8
Oct13° / 509.80.610.43.4
Nov / 439.62.98.70.7
Dec / -3°4310.35.67.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35347
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85347
95446
105446
115545
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314555

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kraśnik gets around 67 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
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339
439
539
638
738
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937
1036
1135
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1334
1433
1533
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13033315
23133315
33133305
43233305
53333295
63433285
73534275
83634264
93734254
103834244
114034234
124134223
134233213
144433203
154533193
164733183
174832172
185032162
195131162
205231152
215431141
225530141
235630131
245829121
255929120
266128110
276228100
28642790
29652780
30672670
31672670

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:01 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:017:13
215.14:037:11
315.14:047:10
415.04:067:08
515.04:077:06
614.94:097:05
714.94:107:03
814.84:127:01
914.84:136:59
1014.74:156:57
1114.74:176:56
1214.64:186:54
1314.54:206:52
1414.54:216:50
1514.44:236:48
1614.44:246:46
1714.34:266:44
1814.24:286:42
1914.24:296:40
2014.14:316:38
2114.14:326:36
2214.04:346:34
2313.94:366:31
2413.94:376:29
2513.84:396:27
2613.74:406:25
2713.74:426:23
2813.64:446:21
2913.64:456:18
3013.54:476:16
3113.44:486:14

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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144.7Bright
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174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.3Bright
254.2Bright
264.2Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kraśnik?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kraśnik for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kraśnik in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Kraśnik sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kraśnik in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kraśnik peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kraśnik?

Kraśnik sits at 50.9°N, 22.2°E, 199 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Stalowa Wola, 40 km away.

Stalowa WolaSandomierzLublinNiskoŚwidnikTarnobrzegBiłgorajPuławy

Topography around Kraśnik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kraśnik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 445 m.

The land around Kraśnik is covered by cropland (40%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
445 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Stalowa Wola 40 km · Sandomierz 43 km · Lublin 44 km · Nisko 45 km · Świdnik 46 km · Tarnobrzeg 55 km · Biłgoraj 55 km · Puławy 58 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 Kraśnik (50.9236°, 22.2271°, elevation 199 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).