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Kraków, Poland

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Kraków for remote work

UTC+1 Europe/Warsaw · UTC+1 in January, UTC+2 in July

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US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here
Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Price level 55 Low: household prices Poland-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 6 / 12 April–September

Your team's working day, on Kraków's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Kraków; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00
2 h
US Pacific 18:00–02:00
0 h
UK 10:00–18:00
7 h
Central Europe 09:00–17:00
8 h

Clock changes ahead in Kraków: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Feb2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Mar2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Apr2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
May2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jun2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jul2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Aug2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Sep2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Oct2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Nov2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Dec2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (0.0), high 3°C3°JanFebruary: Poor (0.0), high 5°C5°FebMarch: Poor (0.5), high 9°C9°MarApril: Good (6.5), high 16°C16°AprMay: Great (9.6), high 22°C22°MayJune: Great (9.5), high 25°C25°JunJuly: Great (9.4), high 27°C27°JulAugust: Great (9.9), high 27°C27°AugSeptember: Great (9.9), high 21°C21°SepOctober: Fair (5.8), high 15°C15°OctNovember: Poor (0.3), high 9°C9°NovDecember: Poor (0.0), high 4°C4°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan3°C-4°C39 mm-3°C dry8.3 h0.0
Feb5°C-3°C35 mm-2°C dry9.8 h0.0
Mar9°C0°C42 mm0°C dry11.6 h0.5
Apr16°C4°C47 mm4°C dry13.5 h6.5
May22°C9°C83 mm8°C dry15.2 h9.6
Jun25°C12°C88 mm12°C comfortable16.1 h9.5
Jul27°C14°C96 mm14°C comfortable15.7 h9.4
Aug27°C14°C66 mm14°C comfortable14.3 h9.9
Sep21°C9°C66 mm10°C comfortable12.4 h9.9
Oct15°C5°C52 mm6°C dry10.4 h5.8
Nov9°C1°C38 mm2°C dry8.7 h0.3
Dec4°C-2°C32 mm-2°C dry7.9 h0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
804,237 (2023)
Elevation
219 m
Airports
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice (KRK), 12 km
Time zone
Europe/Warsaw
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Poland's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Kraków on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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