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A good place. At the right time.

Poland
in January.

Is January a good time?

Temperature unit

No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.

National overnight stays are 41% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
33–39°F
Very good weather
0 / 17 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 17 scored regions.

Find your January base

Based on 17 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

Illustration of Warsaw Old Town plaster-house lane
Warsaw Old Town laneDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 17 possibilities.

Choose your January base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Trip focus

17 of 17 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of Representative Młynówka waterfront in OpoleCountrysideOpoleRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair38°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Warta-mouth wet meadow landscape in LubuszCountrysideLubuszRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair39°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Poznań Old Market merchant-house arcadesCountrysidePoznań & Greater PolandPoznańRead the January guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair38°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Polish High Tatra lake landscape near ZakopaneCountrysideKraków & Lesser PolandKraków · Zakopane · WieliczkaRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.5/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair37°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Wrocław Rynek ornate townhousesCountrysideWrocław & Lower SilesiaWrocławRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.5/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair38°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Katowice Nikiszowiec brick workers’ quarterCountrysideSilesiaKatowiceRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.9/10Fair37°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Łysogóry gołoborze landscapeCountrysideHoly CrossRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.8/10Fair35°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Toruń Old Town brick granary streetCountrysideToruń & Kuyavia-PomeraniaToruńRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.8/10Fair37°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Łódź Księży Młyn textile-mill heritageCountrysideŁódźRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.8/10Fair36°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Kampinos inland dune and pine woodland in MasoviaCountrysideMasoviaRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair35°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Bieszczady połonina grassland ridgeCountrysideSubcarpathiaBieszczadyRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair36°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Warsaw Old Town plaster-house laneCityWarsawRead the January guide ↗ Overall4.7/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair36°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Lublin Old Town laneCountrysideLublinRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.6/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.6/10Fair35°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Reed-fringed Masurian lake by Pisz ForestCountrysideWarmia-MasuriaMasurian LakesRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.4/10Fair34°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Białowieża old-growth deciduous forest, PodlaskieCountrysidePodlaskieBiałowieża ForestRead the January guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather3.3/10Fair33°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative Sopot Baltic beachBeachGdańsk & PomeraniaGdańsk · Sopot · MalborkRead the January guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor37°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Wolin wooded Baltic cliff coast near MiędzyzdrojeBeachWest PomeraniaSzczecin · MiędzyzdrojeRead the January guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor39°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Poland's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Poland's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

January weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons
33–39°F
Typical nights
23–29°F
Rain days
12–14 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Afternoons around 39°F (4°C): a warm coat; nights around 29°F (−2°C): a winter coat, hat and gloves. Bring rain gear: about 14 days with at least 1 mm of rain.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Opole38°F27°F12fair
Lubusz39°F29°F14fair
Poznań & Greater Poland38°F27°F13fair
Kraków & Lesser Poland37°F25°F12fair
Wrocław & Lower Silesia38°F27°F12fair
Silesia37°F26°F13fair
Holy Cross35°F25°F14fair
Toruń & Kuyavia-Pomerania37°F27°F13fair
Łódź36°F26°F13fair
Masovia35°F25°F14fair
Subcarpathia36°F26°F14fair
Warsaw36°F26°F14fair
Lublin35°F25°F14fair
Warmia-Masuria34°F24°F14fair
Podlaskie33°F23°F13fair
Gdańsk & Pomerania37°F27°F13poor
West Pomerania39°F29°F14poor

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Moderate season, nationally.

January records 41% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

−4% on Poland's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Thinking about the coast?

Check the water, too.

Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Gdańsk & Pomerania (40°F), West Pomerania (40°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip

Holidays: 17% of people in Poland live where schools are out on a typical January 2027 day. Public holidays: 1 Jan New Year's Day; 6 Jan Epiphany. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Poland through the year ↗

January is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗

How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Poland's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Poland) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Poland's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is below EU average (92 where the EU average is 100). Full method.