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Zakopane in October

ok · worth considering

The year in Zakopane

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  1. Zakopane in January: avoid
  2. Zakopane in February: avoid
  3. Zakopane in March: ok
  4. Zakopane in April: ok
  5. Zakopane in May: good
  6. Zakopane in June: sweet spot
  7. Zakopane in July: ok, busy
  8. Zakopane in August: good, busy
  9. Zakopane in September: ok
  10. Zakopane in October: ok
  11. Zakopane in November: ok
  12. Zakopane in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
October at Zakopane is 12°C by day and 4°C at night, with 9 rainy days and about 7 hours of sun a day. 12C max, 9 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high12°C
Nightly low4°C
Feels like, afternoon10°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more9 · 99 mm
Humidity76%
Sunshine7.0 h/day
Daylight10.8 h/day
Hiking17 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C fair
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Krupówki, the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

October: quieter than usual. Busiest in July, August and December; quietest from March to May.

Zakopane in pictures

What to pack

  • A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average 4°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 9 or so rainy days.
  • Humidity averages 76%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 220 / 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Złoty. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Poland: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Zakopane: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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