Košice climate
Košice is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.2 °C. July is the wettest month (115 mm) and January the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Košice averages 777 mm of rain, 50 days above 25 °C and 112 days below freezing.
Slovakia · population 225,044 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 25 °C
- Coldest month January -5.2 °C
- Driest month January 31 mm
- Wettest month July 115 mm
- Least cloud August 49 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 36 °C
- Coldest on record January -22 °C
What to expectKošice through the year
Košice has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.7 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 50 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 112 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 115 mm against 31 mm in January — 3.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7 °C | 31 mm | 74 % |
| February | 3.2 °C | 38 mm | 71 % |
| March | 8.7 °C | 41 mm | 63 % |
| April | 15.2 °C | 62 mm | 58 % |
| May | 19.8 °C | 98 mm | 60 % |
| June | 23.4 °C | 97 mm | 58 % |
| July | 25.2 °C | 115 mm | 55 % |
| August | 25.1 °C | 86 mm | 49 % |
| September | 19.7 °C | 67 mm | 57 % |
| October | 13.6 °C | 58 mm | 63 % |
| November | 7.2 °C | 47 mm | 74 % |
| December | 1.6 °C | 37 mm | 78 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7 °C | -5.2 °C | -2.3 °C | 12.0 °C | -22.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| February | 3.2 °C | -4.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 15.4 °C | -22.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| March | 8.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 4.0 °C | 20.8 °C | -12.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| April | 15.2 °C | 4.5 °C | 10.1 °C | 28.2 °C | -4.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 19.8 °C | 9.7 °C | 15.1 °C | 30.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 23.4 °C | 13.5 °C | 18.8 °C | 33.9 °C | 5.5 °C | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 25.2 °C | 15.4 °C | 20.6 °C | 35.6 °C | 8.0 °C | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 25.1 °C | 15.3 °C | 20.4 °C | 36.3 °C | 6.4 °C | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 19.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 15.2 °C | 33.6 °C | 0.4 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 13.6 °C | 5.5 °C | 9.4 °C | 24.2 °C | -4.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 7.2 °C | 1.1 °C | 4.1 °C | 20.8 °C | -12.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| December | 1.6 °C | -3.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 10.8 °C | -22.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 mm | 7 | 8.7 h/day | 74 % | 84 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 38 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 71 % | 80 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 41 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 62 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 58 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 98 mm | 14 | 15 h/day | 60 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 97 mm | 14 | 16 h/day | 58 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 115 mm | 14 | 16 h/day | 55 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 86 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 49 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 67 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 58 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 47 mm | 9 | 9.2 h/day | 74 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 37 mm | 8 | 8.3 h/day | 78 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
How Košice compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Košice | 25 °C | -5.2 °C | 777 mm | 50 |
| Miskolc · Hungary | 27 °C | -4.2 °C | 620 mm | 70 |
| Debrecen · Hungary | 27 °C | -3.2 °C | 636 mm | 76 |
| Rzeszów · Poland | 24 °C | -4.5 °C | 800 mm | 35 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Košice.
QuestionsCommon questions about Košice’s climate
When is the best time to visit Košice?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Košice get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 112 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Košice?
July, averaging 115 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 777 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Košice rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 48.714°, 21.258° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.