Poznań
City in Poland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Stare Miasto w Poznaniu: Stanisław Szewczyk, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Poznań is a city in Poland, in Greater Poland. About 536,151 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Poland in our atlas.
It lies at 52.41° N, 16.93° E, about 69 m (226 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
Location
Red dot: Poznań. Green dots: other major cities of Poland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Poznań has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 597 mm (24 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
- Bydgoszcz · 108 km
- Wrocław · 145 km
- Łódź · 186 km
- Szczecin · 197 km
- Gdańsk · 245 km
- Gdynia · 258 km
- Warsaw · 277 km
- Katowice · 277 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3088171 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q268 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Stare Miasto w Poznaniu: Stanisław Szewczyk, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Muzeum Narodow Galeria Malarstwa Poznań RB1: Radomil talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Castillo Imperial, Poznan, Polonia, 2014-09-18, DD 47: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Castillo Real, Poznan, Polonia, 2014-09-18, DD 42: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Budynek Teatru Wielkiego w Poznaniu: Yasioszny, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Poznan 10-2013 img15 Old Market: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bałtyk Kaponiera 3: Bedipoz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Collegium Martineum w Poznaniu, róg ul. Kościuszki i ul. Święty Marcin: Four.mg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wejście do Starego Zoo (2014): Koroniec, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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