General, Climate

Zakopane Zakopane has a humid continental climate. In general, the temperature tends to fall with altitude, therefore Zakopane is almost 3 °C (5.4 °F) colder than northern Kraków, which is more than 600 m (2,000 ft) lower than Zakopane. With higher altitudes, the climate gets even colder, therefore, on the top of Kasprowy Wierch (1,987 m (6,519 ft) above sea level), the climate is tundra-like.

Winters

Winters are typically frosty but are relatively sunny for Poland – in fact, Zakopane receives among the most sun in winter in the country. Snow is normally abundant, particularly in the higher altitudes, which makes Zakopane among the most popular ski resorts in Poland.

Summers are cool to warm but rarely get hot.

just like in the mountains in general, there might be sudden weather changes from sunny to rainy, and vice versa. Occasionally, a very warm foehn wind locally known as halny may dramatically increase the temperatures, sometimes beyond 10 °C (50 °F) in winter.

Actual weather

Here you can see the actual weather in Kasprowy Wierch, Gubałówka, Jaworzyna Krynicka, Góra Parkowa, Palenica, Góra Żar, Mosorny Groń, Solina: