Kraków
City in Poland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zamek Królewski na Wawelu (1): XEvansGambitx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Kraków is a city in Poland, in Lesser Poland. About 816,614 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Poland in our atlas.
It lies at 50.06° N, 19.94° E, about 219 m (719 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kraków. Green dots: other major cities of Poland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kraków has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (20°F). Around 786 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PolandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Katowice · 69 km
- Łódź · 193 km
- Lublin · 229 km
- Wrocław · 237 km
- Warsaw · 253 km
- Poznań · 337 km
- Bydgoszcz · 367 km
- Białystok · 411 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3094802 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q31487 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- Zamek Królewski na Wawelu (1): XEvansGambitx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wawel on Wisla: Stanislau 93, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons)
- Building of the National Museum in Kraków, 01: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Czartoryski Palace, 17-19 świętego Jana street, Old Town, Kraków, Poland: Zygmunt Put, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kraków - Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera 20240813-02: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kopiec Kraka-widok z południa-POL, Kraków: Mach240390, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stadion przed meczem z APOELEM: Piotr Drabik, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- DJI 0236 Kopiec Kościuszki: Pawelsuder, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
