Climate and average weather in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

In Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski typically varies from -4°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -13°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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski for warm-weather activities is from early May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
Jul
86 mm
Driest
Feb
34 mm
Rain / yr
641 mm
125 wet days
Daylight
7.7–16.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
176 m
50.9°N
Clearest
Aug
56% cloud

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 early May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 18 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 21 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-4
Feb2-3
Mar70
Apr144
May199
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2413
Sep199
Oct135
Nov71
Dec2-2

How hot and cold Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 -10°C (around January 27), with roughly 162 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-9-4
Feb22-8-3
Mar77-50
Apr141414
May191979
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241313
Sep191989
Oct131325
Nov77-21
Dec22-7-2

Average hourly temperature in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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 -4°C.

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

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 / -4°369.85.98.20.0
Feb / -3°349.25.59.70.0
Mar / -0°4310.13.211.51.0
Apr14° / 5010.31.213.54.0
May19° / 7212.7015.35.7
Jun22° / 12°7312.5016.26.2
Jul24° / 14°8612.9015.86.5
Aug24° / 13°6410.2014.36.9
Sep19° / 6410.1012.45.9
Oct13° / 478.80.410.43.6
Nov / 388.92.48.70.8
Dec / -2°359.24.67.80.0

Chance of rain

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

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski gets about 641 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 3.4 months, from around Apr 29 to Aug 9, peaking in June at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 30.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 86 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 34 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 14 · 43%Nov 30 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb339
Mar3310
Apr3410
May4013
Jun4213
Jul4113
Aug3310
Sep3310
Oct299
Nov309
Dec309

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski collects about 641 mm of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 53 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 86 mm, while February is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec363443507273866464473835
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan36106
Feb3496
Mar43103
Apr50101
May72130
Jun73130
Jul86130
Aug64100
Sep64100
Oct4790
Nov3892
Dec3595

Snow in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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.

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski averages about 23 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 20 to Apr 25 — about 6.2 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 25 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 90 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 14
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan618
Feb625
Mar314
Apr15
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct03
Nov29
Dec516

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 10 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around October 17. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 52% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 18 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around March 27. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 81% 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 11 · 54%Dec 14 · 18%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb2377
Mar3169
Apr4060
May4357
Jun4456
Jul4654
Aug5248
Sep4159
Oct3565
Nov2377
Dec1981

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 15, brings about 16 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 7 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.27:393:49
Feb9.76:594:39
Mar11.55:595:30
Apr13.54:486:21
May15.33:527:09
Jun16.23:277:43
Jul15.83:447:36
Aug14.34:286:49
Sep12.45:175:40
Oct10.46:074:32
Nov8.77:013:39
Dec7.87:393:22

Sunny days

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

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.1 months, from around Mar 24 to Oct 24. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 3 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 169 daysDec 113 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr8Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around June 1 to September 1. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 29% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 2 to May 31, 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 27 · 100%Jul 29 · 65%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May871120
Jun6026131
Jul4031244
Aug4732193
Sep811820
Oct97300
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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Oct 9 to Apr 12. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Oct 8, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 31 · 15 km/hAug 3 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep12calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 18 · 7.1

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
Mar1.0poor
Apr3.9fair
May5.7good
Jun6.2good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.8good
Sep5.9good
Oct3.6fair
Nov0.8poor
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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 12 · 6.1

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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, 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 1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 18 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 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3 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
Apr50
May6.50
Jun7.53
Jul7.53
Aug6.50
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski typically lasts about 249 days, from around March 20 to November 23 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 19 to October 15.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2050%Apr 1990%Oct 1590%Nov 2350%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2531
Feb2728
Mar4731
Apr8619
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8919
Nov6230
Dec3231

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. Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski banks about 1,031 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
Apr11
May120
Jun215
Jul285
Aug270
Sep121
Oct8
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.

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

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

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 75.5 kWhDec 180.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.6Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.6Bright
Sep3.1Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov1.0Dim
Dec0.6Dim

Where is Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski?

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski sits at 50.9°N, 21.4°E, 176 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Starachowice, 25 km away.

Skarżysko-KamiennaStaszówTarnobrzegKielceRadomKraśnik

Topography around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 188 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m.

The land around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is covered by trees (30%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), cropland (32%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
517 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Starachowice 25 km · Sandomierz 37 km · Skarżysko-Kamienna 41 km · Staszów 44 km · Tarnobrzeg 45 km · Kielce 54 km · Radom 55 km · Kraśnik 59 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (50.9294°, 21.3852°, elevation 176 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).