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Augustów weather & best time to visit

City break

Augustów at a glance

Best time
May – Sep
Warmest month
Jul · 25°
Sunshine a year
1,900 h
Rain a year
635 mm
Climate
Continental
Time zone
UTC+1 / UTC+2
Elevation
128 m

Climate in Augustów

Augustów has mild to warm summers and cold winters with occasional snow. July is the warmest month with average highs of 25 °C, while January is the coolest at 0 °C. With around 1,900 hours of sunshine a year, Augustów is moderately sunny; June is the sunniest month with 9.7 hours a day.

Holiday weather through the year

Best time to visit

Best time to visit Augustów

The best time to visit Augustów is from May to September. For sightseeing, day trips and hiking, conditions are most comfortable from May to June and from August to September. The wettest month is July with 89 mm of precipitation.

Augustów through the seasons

How the weather changes over the seasons, with averages for each.

Augustów in spring

Mar – May

55

Fair

  • 6–19 °C by day
  • 6.6 h of sun a day
  • 30 rainy days in all

Augustów in summer

Jun – Aug

82

Excellent

  • 22–25 °C by day
  • 9.0 h of sun a day
  • 36 rainy days in all

Augustów in autumn

Sep – Nov

44

Fair

  • 5–18 °C by day
  • 3.5 h of sun a day
  • 29 rainy days in all

Augustów in winter

Dec – Feb

16

Poor

  • 0–1 °C by day
  • 1.5 h of sun a day
  • 31 rainy days in all

Which month for what?

Beach & swimming

No sea nearby

Sea from 21 °C, warm and mostly dry

Sightseeing & hiking

May – Jun, Aug – Sep

15–28 °C and not too much rain

Snow

Nov – Mar

Snow on 2 or more days

Find your perfect month

Tell us what you like and we rate every month in Augustów for you.

Sunshine
Little rain

Your best months: June – August

Based on the climate averages; tap a month to see its details.

Your holiday weather, at a glance

Weather in October

Weather in October

36

Holiday weather in October

Poor

Best time to visit: May – September

A typical day in October

  1. Morning, 08:00: about 6°
  2. Midday, 13:00: about 11°
  3. Afternoon, 16:00: about 11°
  4. Evening, 20:00: about 8°
  5. Night, 23:00: about 6°

06:5317:34

Cold evenings: bring a warm jacket.

Estimated from the average high and low: coolest around sunrise, warmest in mid-afternoon.

Light for photos in October

Golden hour
Morning 06:32–07:42 · evening 16:45–17:56
Blue hour
Morning 06:18–06:32 · evening 17:56–18:09

Golden hour: the sun between 4° below and 6° above the horizon; blue hour: 6° to 4° below it. Times for the 15th of the month; mountains and clouds shift the light.

October in Augustów compared with home

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Early or late October?

In October, daytime highs fall from about 15° at the start of the month to 8° at the end. The days get 2.0 h shorter.

Early or late October?
October1 Oct31 Oct
Daytime high15°8°
Night-time low6°2°
Daylight11.7 h9.6 h

What is the weather like in Augustów in October?

In October, Augustów is cool: daytime highs average 12 °C, and nights cool down to about 4 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 3.4 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 10 rainy days and 51 mm in total. All in all, October is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

More details for October

Daylight
10 h 40 min06:53 – 17:34
UV index
2 · lowclear sky, noon (estimate)All months
Muggy days
0 daysdew point 18 °C or moreAll months
Wind
19 km/haverage daily peakAll months
Cloud cover
71 %on averageAll months
Hot days
0 days30 °C or moreAll months
Snow days
0 days1 cm or more of fresh snowAll months
Time zone
UTC+2offset from UTC

How the score comes together

  • Temperatureweight 50 %37 %
  • Sunshineweight 20 %7 %
  • Few rainy daysweight 30 %54 %

Each factor is rated from 0 to 100 % and weighted for the travel style “City break”.

What to pack in October

  • A jumper for the evenings
  • Rain jacket or umbrella

Compare two months in Augustów

Pick two months to see how the weather differs. A tick marks the clearly better value; for temperatures it depends on your plans.

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June has the better holiday weather in Augustów: score 84 against 36. In June, days are 10 °C warmer than in October. June has 2 more rainy days. The sun shines 6 hours longer a day in June.

October vs June, Augustów
MonthOctoberJune
Holiday weather score3684better
Daytime high12°22°
Night-time low4°11°
Sunshine3.4 h9.7 hbetter
Rainy days10better12
Rainfall51 mmbetter68 mm
Muggy days0better1

Based on the climate averages 1996–2025.

Augustów month by month

The typical weather for every month at a glance.

15January0° · 1.2 h

In January, Augustów is bitterly cold: daytime highs average 0 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−5 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 1.2 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 11 days, totalling 42 mm; on about 6 of them it snows. All in all, January is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in January
18February1° · 2.2 h

In February, Augustów is bitterly cold: daytime highs average 1 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−5 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 2.2 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 9 days, totalling 38 mm; on about 5 of them it snows. All in all, February is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in February
23March6° · 4.5 h

In March, Augustów is cold: daytime highs average 6 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−2 °C). Expect around 4.5 hours of sunshine a day. Rain is frequent, with about 10 rainy days and 35 mm in total. Snow falls on about 3 days. All in all, March is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in March
59April14° · 6.6 h

In April, Augustów is cool: daytime highs average 14 °C, and nights cool down to about 3 °C. The sun shines for around 6.6 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 9 rainy days and 41 mm in total. All in all, April is a so-so month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in April
83May19° · 8.8 h

In May, Augustów is mild: daytime highs average 19 °C, and nights cool down to about 7 °C. The sun shines for around 8.8 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 12 rainy days and 62 mm in total. All in all, May is an excellent month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in May
84June22° · 9.7 h

In June, Augustów is warm: daytime highs average 22 °C, and nights cool down to about 11 °C. With around 9.7 hours of sunshine a day, there is plenty of sun. Rain is frequent, with about 12 rainy days and 68 mm in total. All in all, June is an excellent month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in June
80July25° · 9.1 h

In July, Augustów is warm: daytime highs average 25 °C, and nights cool down to about 13 °C. With around 9.1 hours of sunshine a day, there is plenty of sun. Rain is frequent, with about 13 rainy days and 89 mm in total. All in all, July is an excellent month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in July
82August24° · 8.3 h

In August, Augustów is warm: daytime highs average 24 °C, and nights cool down to about 13 °C. The sun shines for around 8.3 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 74 mm in total. All in all, August is an excellent month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in August
79September18° · 5.9 h

In September, Augustów is mild: daytime highs average 18 °C, and nights cool down to about 9 °C. Expect around 5.9 hours of sunshine a day. Rain falls on about 9 days, adding up to 52 mm. All in all, September is a good month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in September
36October12° · 3.4 h

In October, Augustów is cool: daytime highs average 12 °C, and nights cool down to about 4 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 3.4 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 10 rainy days and 51 mm in total. All in all, October is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in October
17November5° · 1.3 h

In November, Augustów is cold: daytime highs average 5 °C, and nights cool down to about 1 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 1.3 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 10 rainy days and 40 mm in total. Snow falls on about 2 days. All in all, November is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in November
15December1° · 1.1 h

In December, Augustów is bitterly cold: daytime highs average 1 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−3 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 1.1 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 11 days, totalling 42 mm; on about 4 of them it snows. All in all, December is not an ideal month for a holiday in Augustów.

Augustów in December

Climate in detail

Climate through the year

Long-term monthly averages. Tap a month to see its details.

Best time to visit

Nights and sleep in Augustów

How warm the nights get in each month, from the mean night-time low. Tap a month for details.

  • Frost below 0°
  • Cold 0–8°
  • Cool 8–15°

ColdOctober: nights around 4°. The room should be heated.

The coolest nights are in January (−5°), the warmest in July (13°). Nights fall below 8 °C on average from October to May, so the room should be heated.

Temperatures through the year

Average daytime high, night-time low and sea temperature per month.

OctoberDay 12°Night 4°
DayNight
MonthScoreDayNightSunRain daysRain mm
JanuaryJan150°−5°1.2 h1142
FebruaryFeb181°−5°2.2 h938
MarchMar236°−2°4.5 h1035
AprilApr5914°3°6.6 h941
MayMay8319°7°8.8 h1262
JuneJun8422°11°9.7 h1268
JulyJul8025°13°9.1 h1389
AugustAug8224°13°8.3 h1174
SeptemberSep7918°9°5.9 h952
OctoberOct3612°4°3.4 h1051
NovemberNov175°1°1.3 h1040
DecemberDec151°−3°1.1 h1142

Climate averages 1996–2025 (sunshine partly WMO station normals 1991–2020), not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences

53.84° N, 22.98° E · 128 m · Europe/Warsaw

Sunshine

Sunshine hours in Augustów

Average hours of bright sunshine per day, next to the length of the day. Tap a month to select it.

Per year
1,900 hours
Sunniest month
Jun · 9.7 h a day
Least sunshine
Dec · 1.1 h a day
OctoberSunshine 3.4 hDaylight 10.7 hShare of daylight 32 %
SunshineDaylight

In October, the sun shines for about 3.4 of 10.7 hours of daylight in Augustów, 32 % of the daylight hours.

Sunshine hours: estimated from radiation data (ERA5, 1996–2025) and calibrated against measured station values; no weather station is close enough here. Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset on the 15th of the month.

Rain

Rain in Augustów: rainy days and rainfall

A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain or snow; the amount is what falls in the whole month. Tap a month to select it.

Per year
635 mm on 127 days
Wettest month
Jul · 89 mm
Driest month
Mar · 35 mm
OctoberRainy days 10Rainfall 51 mm

In October, Augustów has about 10 rainy days with 51 mm of rain in total.

Sun protection

UV index in Augustów

How strong the sun is at noon, month by month, and how quickly unprotected skin burns.

Clear-sky UV in October
2 · lowLittle protection needed; sunglasses on bright days.

The sun is strongest in June (UV 7).

Minutes until sunburn in October

Very fair skin
about 85 min
Fair skin
about 105 min
Light brown skin
over 2 h
Olive skin
over 2 h

Rough guide for unprotected skin at noon under a clear sky; clouds lengthen the time, water, sand and snow shorten it. Sunscreen extends the time only partly.

Monthly values: clear-sky noon estimate from the sun's angle, ozone and altitude. UV today: Open-Meteo forecast.

Wind & clouds

Wind and clouds in Augustów

How breezy and how cloudy Augustów is through the year. Tap a month to select it on the whole page.

Wind

Typical daily peak of the wind in km/h: what the afternoon breeze usually reaches, not the gusts.

Year average
18 km/h · gentle breeze
Windiest month
Jan · 20 km/h
Calmest month
Aug · 16 km/h
OctoberWind 19 km/hBeaufort 3

In October, the wind in Augustów typically peaks at 19 km/h during the day: Beaufort 3, gentle breeze.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered by cloud, day and night.

Year average
69 % · mostly cloudy
Clearest month
Aug · 58 %
Cloudiest month
Dec · 85 %
OctoberCloud cover 71 %Sunshine 3.4 h

In October, cloud covers on average 71 % of the sky over Augustów: mostly cloudy, with about 3.4 hours of sunshine a day.

Wind: mean daily maximum of the hourly wind 10 m above ground (ERA5, 1996–2025). Gusts are stronger, and the model grid of about 28 km smooths out local effects such as capes and valley winds. Clouds: mean total cloud cover of all layers over day and night (ERA5, 1996–2025). Thin high cloud counts as cover even when the sun still shines through.

Heat & humidity

Heat and humidity in Augustów

How often the day gets hot in Augustów (30 °C and more), and in which months heat and humidity come together. Tap a month to select it.

Hot days a year
5 days
Hottest month
Jul · 25 °C
Hot months
none

Heat calendar

  • pleasant
  • some hot or muggy days
  • often muggy
  • often hot
  • hot and muggy
OctoberHot days (30 °C+) 0Daytime high 12 °C

In October, Augustów has about 0 hot days, with an average daytime high of 12 °C: pleasant. Heat plays no part this month.

Hot days reach at least 30 °C; a month counts as muggy when the mean dew point reaches 18 °C on at least 15 days. Averages from ERA5 and ERA5-Land, 1996–2025. Muggy nights through the year

Snow

Snow in Augustów

When Augustów is likely to be white: the chance of seeing snow during a week's stay, the days with fresh snow and how much falls. Tap a month to select it.

Snow days a year
21 days
Fresh snow a year
67 cm
Snowy months
Jan – Feb

Snow calendar

  • hardly any
  • possible
  • likely
  • very likely
OctoberDays with fresh snow 0Fresh snow 1 cmChance of snow 6 / 100

In October, it hardly ever snows in Augustów.

Snow days bring at least 1 cm of fresh snow. Fresh snow comes from ERA5 snowfall (1996–2025) at the height of the place, not on the slopes above it; the snow chance also weighs whether the snow settles. An estimate from climate averages, not a snow report.

Planning a trip to Augustów

Weather for your travel dates

Pick your arrival and length of stay, and we sum up the weather to expect.

Augustów in the school holidays

How the weather suits the usual holiday periods. Dates vary by school and region, so each holiday uses the months it usually falls in.

Augustów has its best school-holiday weather during May half-term (score 83) and its weakest during the Christmas holidays (score 15).

  • Easter holidays

    Mar – Apr

    48

    Fair

    • 11 °C by day
    • 6.0 h of sun a day
    • 9 rainy days a month

    Keep in mind: Snow

  • May half-term

    May – Jun

    83

    ExcellentBest holidays

    • 20 °C by day
    • 9.0 h of sun a day
    • 12 rainy days a month

    Good for: Sightseeing & walks

  • Summer holidays

    Jul – Aug

    81

    Excellent

    • 24 °C by day
    • 8.6 h of sun a day
    • 12 rainy days a month
  • October half-term

    Oct

    36

    Poor

    • 12 °C by day
    • 3.4 h of sun a day
    • 10 rainy days a month
  • Christmas holidays

    Dec – Jan

    15

    Poor

    • 0 °C by day
    • 1.2 h of sun a day
    • 11 rainy days a month

    Keep in mind: Snow

Based on the climate averages 1996–2025.

Getting there

Flying from

Nonstop flight
about 2 h 25 min
Distance
1,590 km
Time zone
UTC+2
Jet lag
Hardly any (under 3 h)

Estimated from the straight-line distance: 30 minutes for take-off and landing plus 830 km/h cruising speed.

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Augustów vs Suwałki

In October the holiday weather in Augustów and Suwałki is about equally good (score 36 vs 32). During the day Suwałki is 1 °C cooler than Augustów.

Augustów vs Suwałki, in October
in OctoberAugustówSuwałki
Holiday weather score3632
Daytime high12°11°
Sunshine3 h3 h
Rainy days1011
Best timeMay – SepMay – Sep

Through the year

OctoberAugustów 12°Suwałki 11°
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Ranking

Poland in October: the best places

In October, Augustów ranks 20 among the 31 nearest destinations in this country.

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  3. 3Płock13°45
  4. 4Siedlce13°43
  5. 5Grudziądz13°43
  6. 6Łomża13°42
  7. 7Szczytno12°40
  8. 8Braniewo13°40
  9. 20AugustówThis page12°36
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Frequently asked questions about Augustów

When is the best time to visit Augustów?

The best time to visit Augustów is from May to September. That is when the holiday weather score, which combines temperature, sea, sunshine and rain, is highest.

What is the warmest month in Augustów?

July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C and nights around 13 °C. January is the coolest month at 0 °C.

When does it rain most in Augustów?

The wettest month is July with 89 mm of precipitation. The driest month is March with 35 mm.

How many hours of sunshine does Augustów get?

Augustów gets around 1,900 hours of sunshine a year. The sunniest month is June with 9.7 hours a day; in December there are 1.1 hours a day.

What time zone is Augustów in?

Augustów is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July.

How long is the flight from London to Augustów?

A nonstop flight from London to Augustów takes about 2 h 25 min, for a straight-line distance of about 1,590 km.

Which school holidays are best for Augustów?

Augustów has its best school-holiday weather during May half-term (score 83) and its weakest during the Christmas holidays (score 15). Holiday ratings (0–100): Easter holidays 48, May half-term 83, summer holidays 81, October half-term 36, Christmas holidays 15.