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Piła weather & best time to visit

City break

Piła at a glance

Best time
Apr – Sep
Warmest month
Jul · 25°
Sunshine a year
1,670 h
Rain a year
616 mm
Climate
Continental
Time zone
UTC+1 / UTC+2
Elevation
60 m

Climate in Piła

Piła 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 2 °C. With around 1,670 hours of sunshine a year, Piła is moderately sunny; June is the sunniest month with 7.5 hours a day.

Holiday weather through the year

Best time to visit

Best time to visit Piła

The best time to visit Piła is from April 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 93 mm of precipitation.

Piła through the seasons

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

Piła in spring

Mar – May

56

Fair

  • 8–20 °C by day
  • 5.9 h of sun a day
  • 30 rainy days in all

Piła in summer

Jun – Aug

78

Good

  • 23–25 °C by day
  • 7.3 h of sun a day
  • 35 rainy days in all

Piła in autumn

Sep – Nov

47

Fair

  • 7–19 °C by day
  • 3.4 h of sun a day
  • 28 rainy days in all

Piła in winter

Dec – Feb

17

Poor

  • 2–4 °C by day
  • 1.7 h of sun a day
  • 30 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

Dec – Feb

Snow on 2 or more days

Find your perfect month

Tell us what you like and we rate every month in Piła 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

44

Holiday weather in October

Fair

Best time to visit: April – September

A typical day in October

  1. Morning, 08:00: about 6°
  2. Midday, 13:00: about 13°
  3. Afternoon, 16:00: about 13°
  4. Evening, 20:00: about 9°
  5. Night, 23:00: about 8°

07:1718:00

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 06:56–08:05 · evening 17:12–18:21
Blue hour
Morning 06:42–06:56 · evening 18:21–18:35

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 Piła compared with home

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Early or late October?

In October, daytime highs fall from about 16° at the start of the month to 10° at the end. The days get 2.0 h shorter.

Early or late October?
October1 Oct31 Oct
Daytime high16°10°
Night-time low7°3°
Daylight11.7 h9.7 h

What is the weather like in Piła in October?

In October, Piła is cool: daytime highs average 13 °C, and nights cool down to about 5 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 3.3 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 48 mm in total. All in all, October is a so-so month for a holiday in Piła.

More details for October

Daylight
10 h 43 min07:17 – 18:00
UV index
2 · lowclear sky, noon (estimate)All months
Muggy days
0 daysdew point 18 °C or moreAll months
Wind
18 km/haverage daily peakAll months
Cloud cover
70 %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 %53 %
  • Sunshineweight 20 %5 %
  • 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 Piła

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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May has the better holiday weather in Piła: score 80 against 44. In May, days are 7 °C warmer than in October. The sun shines 4 hours longer a day in May.

October vs May, Piła
MonthOctoberMay
Holiday weather score4480better
Daytime high13°20°
Night-time low5°8°
Sunshine3.3 h7.4 hbetter
Rainy days1111
Rainfall48 mm56 mm

Based on the climate averages 1996–2025.

Piła month by month

The typical weather for every month at a glance.

15January2° · 1.5 h

In January, Piła is bitterly cold: daytime highs average 2 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−3 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 1.5 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 11 days, totalling 46 mm; on about 3 of them it snows. All in all, January is not an ideal month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in January
18February4° · 2.4 h

In February, Piła is cold: daytime highs average 4 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−3 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 2.4 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 9 days, totalling 39 mm; on about 3 of them it snows. All in all, February is not an ideal month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in February
22March8° · 4.0 h

In March, Piła is cold: daytime highs average 8 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−1 °C). Expect around 4.0 hours of sunshine a day. Rain is frequent, with about 10 rainy days and 41 mm in total. Snow falls on about 2 days. All in all, March is not an ideal month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in March
65April15° · 6.4 h

In April, Piła is cool: daytime highs average 15 °C, and nights cool down to about 3 °C. Expect around 6.4 hours of sunshine a day. Rain is frequent, with about 9 rainy days and 35 mm in total. All in all, April is a good month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in April
80May20° · 7.4 h

In May, Piła is mild: daytime highs average 20 °C, and nights cool down to about 8 °C. The sun shines for around 7.4 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 56 mm in total. All in all, May is an excellent month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in May
79June23° · 7.5 h

In June, Piła is warm: daytime highs average 23 °C, and nights cool down to about 11 °C. The sun shines for around 7.5 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 60 mm in total. All in all, June is a good month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in June
76July25° · 7.5 h

In July, Piła is warm: daytime highs average 25 °C, and nights cool down to about 14 °C. The sun shines for around 7.5 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 13 rainy days and 93 mm in total. All in all, July is a good month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in July
78August25° · 6.9 h

In August, Piła is warm: daytime highs average 25 °C, and nights cool down to about 13 °C. The sun shines for around 6.9 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 70 mm in total. All in all, August is a good month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in August
78September19° · 5.3 h

In September, Piła is mild: daytime highs average 19 °C, and nights cool down to about 9 °C. Expect around 5.3 hours of sunshine a day. Rain falls on about 9 days, adding up to 48 mm. All in all, September is a good month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in September
44October13° · 3.3 h

In October, Piła is cool: daytime highs average 13 °C, and nights cool down to about 5 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 3.3 hours a day. Rain is frequent, with about 11 rainy days and 48 mm in total. All in all, October is a so-so month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in October
20November7° · 1.5 h

In November, Piła is cold: daytime highs average 7 °C, and nights cool down to about 2 °C. The sun is scarce, with only about 1.5 hours a day. Rain falls on about 9 days, adding up to 39 mm. All in all, November is not an ideal month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in November
17December3° · 1.1 h

In December, Piła is cold: daytime highs average 3 °C, and nights often drop below freezing (−2 °C). The sun is scarce, with only about 1.1 hours a day. Precipitation falls on about 10 days, totalling 41 mm; on about 3 of them it snows. All in all, December is not an ideal month for a holiday in Piła.

Piła in December

Climate in detail

Climate through the year

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

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Nights and sleep in Piła

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 5°. The room should be heated.

The coolest nights are in January (−3°), the warmest in July (14°). Nights fall below 8 °C on average from October to April, so the room should be heated.

Temperatures through the year

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

OctoberDay 13°Night 5°
DayNight
MonthScoreDayNightSunRain daysRain mm
JanuaryJan152°−3°1.5 h1146
FebruaryFeb184°−3°2.4 h939
MarchMar228°−1°4.0 h1041
AprilApr6515°3°6.4 h935
MayMay8020°8°7.4 h1156
JuneJun7923°11°7.5 h1160
JulyJul7625°14°7.5 h1393
AugustAug7825°13°6.9 h1170
SeptemberSep7819°9°5.3 h948
OctoberOct4413°5°3.3 h1148
NovemberNov207°2°1.5 h939
DecemberDec173°−2°1.1 h1041

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

53.15° N, 16.74° E · 60 m · Europe/Warsaw

Sunshine

Sunshine hours in Piła

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

Per year
1,670 hours
Sunniest month
Jun · 7.5 h a day
Least sunshine
Dec · 1.1 h a day
OctoberSunshine 3.3 hDaylight 10.7 hShare of daylight 31 %
SunshineDaylight

In October, the sun shines for about 3.3 of 10.7 hours of daylight in Piła, 31 % 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 Piła: 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
616 mm on 123 days
Wettest month
Jul · 93 mm
Driest month
Apr · 35 mm
OctoberRainy days 11Rainfall 48 mm

In October, Piła has about 11 rainy days with 48 mm of rain in total.

Sun protection

UV index in Piła

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 80 min
Fair skin
about 100 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 Piła

How breezy and how cloudy Piła 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
Feb · 19 km/h
Calmest month
Aug · 16 km/h
OctoberWind 18 km/hBeaufort 3

In October, the wind in Piła typically peaks at 18 km/h during the day: Beaufort 3, gentle breeze.

Clouds

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

Year average
68 % · mostly cloudy
Clearest month
Apr · 58 %
Cloudiest month
Dec · 82 %
OctoberCloud cover 70 %Sunshine 3.3 h

In October, cloud covers on average 70 % of the sky over Piła: mostly cloudy, with about 3.3 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 Piła

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

Hot days a year
8 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 13 °C

In October, Piła has about 0 hot days, with an average daytime high of 13 °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 Piła

Snow is possible in Piła, but no month makes it likely: 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
12 days
Fresh snow a year
37 cm
Snow possible
Dec – Mar

Snow calendar

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

In October, it hardly ever snows in Piła.

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 Piła

Weather for your travel dates

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

Piła 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.

Piła has its best school-holiday weather during May half-term (score 80) and its weakest during the Christmas holidays (score 16).

  • Easter holidays

    Mar – Apr

    52

    Fair

    • 13 °C by day
    • 5.7 h of sun a day
    • 9 rainy days a month
  • May half-term

    May – Jun

    80

    ExcellentBest holidays

    • 20 °C by day
    • 7.4 h of sun a day
    • 11 rainy days a month

    Good for: Sightseeing & walks

  • Summer holidays

    Jul – Aug

    77

    Good

    • 25 °C by day
    • 7.1 h of sun a day
    • 12 rainy days a month
  • October half-term

    Oct

    44

    Fair

    • 13 °C by day
    • 3.3 h of sun a day
    • 11 rainy days a month
  • Christmas holidays

    Dec – Jan

    16

    Poor

    • 3 °C by day
    • 1.3 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 1 h 55 min
Distance
1,180 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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Piła vs Wałcz

In October the holiday weather in Piła and Wałcz is about equally good (score 44 vs 40). During the day it is about as warm in Wałcz as in Piła.

Piła vs Wałcz, in October
in OctoberPiłaWałcz
Holiday weather score4440
Daytime high13°13°
Sunshine3 h3 h
Rainy days1111
Best timeApr – SepMay – Sep

Through the year

OctoberPiła 13°Wałcz 13°
PiłaWałcz
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Ranking

Poland in October: the best places

In October, Piła ranks 12 among the 31 nearest destinations in this country.

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  6. 6Poznań14°48
  7. 7Gorzów Wielkopolski14°48
  8. 8Bydgoszcz13°46
  9. 12PiłaThis page13°44
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Frequently asked questions about Piła

When is the best time to visit Piła?

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

What is the warmest month in Piła?

July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C and nights around 14 °C. January is the coolest month at 2 °C.

When does it rain most in Piła?

The wettest month is July with 93 mm of precipitation. The driest month is April with 35 mm.

How many hours of sunshine does Piła get?

Piła gets around 1,670 hours of sunshine a year. The sunniest month is June with 7.5 hours a day; in December there are 1.1 hours a day.

What time zone is Piła in?

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

How long is the flight from London to Piła?

A nonstop flight from London to Piła takes about 1 h 55 min, for a straight-line distance of about 1,180 km.

Which school holidays are best for Piła?

Piła has its best school-holiday weather during May half-term (score 80) and its weakest during the Christmas holidays (score 16). Holiday ratings (0–100): Easter holidays 52, May half-term 80, summer holidays 77, October half-term 44, Christmas holidays 16.