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Poland · 51.10°, 17.03° · 115 m

Wroclaw

Wroclaw, Poland
Photo: Hrs Poland, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Reaching Wroclaw from London emits 35.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (17h 48m each way) against 300 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.8 °C in July and 2.3 °C in January.

Wrocław (pronounced v-ROTS-wahf; also known as Breslau, its German name, and English name until 1945) is the largest city in Lower Silesia in Poland. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Wroclaw is warmest in July (20.8 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day); coldest in January (2.3 °C). Month by month

35.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
300kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Wroclaw. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam847 km25.0 kg12h 36m213 kg4h 36m
Barcelona1,568 km46.3 kg22h 48m394 kg5h 36m
Berlin295 km8.7 kg6h 18m74.1 kg3h 54m
Birmingham1,307 km48.2 kg20h 30m329 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,362 km48.9 kg20h 48m343 kg5h 18m
Brussels887 km26.2 kg14h 6m223 kg4h 42m
Cardiff1,402 km52.1 kg21h 6m353 kg5h 24m
Copenhagen588 km17.4 kg10h 30m148 kg4h 18m
Dublin1,598 km——402 kg5h 36m
Edinburgh1,435 km78.1 kg23h 30m361 kg5h 24m
Frankfurt599 km17.7 kg10h 18m151 kg4h 18m
Glasgow1,497 km79.8 kg23h 42m377 kg5h 30m
Leeds1,290 km57.0 kg21h 24m325 kg5h 12m
Lisbon2,458 km72.5 kg37h 30m618 kg6h 48m
Liverpool1,381 km58.2 kg21h 24m347 kg5h 18m
London1,191 km35.2 kg17h 48m300 kg5h 6m
Madrid1,988 km58.7 kg26h 24m500 kg6h 12m
Manchester1,332 km56.2 kg21h 18m335 kg5h 18m
Milan853 km25.2 kg14h 18m215 kg4h 36m
Munich513 km15.1 kg9h 24m129 kg4h 12m
Newcastle1,314 km67.1 kg22h331 kg5h 18m
Nottingham1,257 km49.2 kg20h 54m316 kg5h 12m
Oslo1,055 km31.1 kg17h 12m265 kg4h 54m
Paris1,077 km31.8 kg14h 42m271 kg4h 54m
Prague216 km6.4 kg5h 6m54.3 kg3h 48m
Rome1,081 km31.9 kg16h 42m272 kg4h 54m
Sheffield1,281 km53.4 kg21h 12m322 kg5h 12m
Southampton1,287 km44.1 kg20h 30m324 kg5h 12m
Stockholm917 km27.1 kg15h 12m231 kg4h 42m
Vienna325 km9.6 kg6h 42m81.8 kg3h 54m
Warsaw302 km8.9 kg5h 54m75.9 kg3h 54m
Zurich742 km21.9 kg12h 42m187 kg4h 30m

The year in Wroclaw

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 2.3 °C2.3 °CJanFebruary: 4.8 °CFebMarch: 7.1 °CMarApril: 9.8 °CAprMay: 15.4 °CMayJune: 19.2 °CJunJuly: 20.8 °C20.8 °CJulAugust: 20.4 °CAugSeptember: 17.8 °CSepOctober: 11.9 °COctNovember: 5.1 °CNovDecember: 2.8 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 3.5 hJanFebruary: 3.8 hFebMarch: 6.9 hMarApril: 8.3 hAprMay: 11.9 hMayJune: 12.8 h12.8 hJunJuly: 12.7 hJulAugust: 10.3 hAugSeptember: 9.5 hSepOctober: 6.3 hOctNovember: 4.4 hNovDecember: 2.9 h2.9 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.34.87.19.815.419.220.820.417.811.95.12.8
Sun h/day3.53.86.98.311.912.812.710.39.56.34.42.9
Rain mm/day1.72.41.31.61.32.12.53.52.42.32.61.7

When to go

Wroclaw is warmest in July at 20.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.3 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestJuly20.8 °C · 12.7 h sun · 2.5 mm rainSee rooms in July →sunniestJune19.2 °C · 12.8 h sun · 2.1 mm rainSee rooms in June →

How busy it gets

Miasto Wrocław records 3.5 overnight stays per resident a year (2,326,150 nights in 2024). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Wroclaw

Places to stay in Wroclaw, Poland, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.