--- entity_id: city:pl:slug:krakow entity_type: city name: "Kraków" country_code: PL country: Poland slug: krakow canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/krakow/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/krakow.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/krakow.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/pl/krakow snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-08-01 fact_count: 12 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Kraków Kraków is a city in Poland. The unemployment rate was 2.6% at the end of 2025. For Kraków, annual PM2.5 was 17.3 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Its population was 816,614 at the end of 2025. ## Population The city covered 327 km² in 2025. Population density was 2,475 people per km² in 2024. ## Climate Monthly mean temperatures were −1.6°C in January and 19.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 37.9 mm in January and 98.2 mm in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 5,881 people | city | 2021-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 816,614 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-18 | aging | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 2.6 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | aging | verified | [3] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 45 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [4] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 34 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [5] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 17.333 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 1.6 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 8.4 · Apr 15.1 · May 19.8 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 25 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 2.7 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan -4.7 · Feb -3.7 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 3.7 · May 8.5 · Jun 12.2 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 4.7 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -3.4 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [8] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -1.6 · Feb -0.2 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 9.3 · May 14 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 3.8 · Dec -0.5 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [9] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 37.9 · Feb 32.3 · Mar 38.1 · Apr 46.4 · May 79 · Jun 77 · Jul 98.2 · Aug 72.5 · Sep 65.8 · Oct 51.2 · Nov 41.4 · Dec 33.4 mm | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [10] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 327 km2 | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-18 | aging | verified | [11] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 2,475 people/km² | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [12] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 1653367 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/{teryt_gmina}?var-id=1653367&year=2021 2. PL official material for population_total — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/011212161011?var-id=72305&year=2025 3. Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-variable/79214?lang=en&unit-level=6&year=2025 4. EEA air quality statistics — PL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Kraków, Aleja Krasińskiego) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'NO2'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 5. EEA air quality statistics — PL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Kraków, Aleja Krasińskiego) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'PM10'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 6. EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 city station means — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=AirPollutant%3D%27PM2.5%27+AND+Country_ISO%3D%27PL%27+AND+YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant%2CAirPollutionLevel%2CCountry_ISO%2CStationName%2CAreaOfMeasurementStation%2CYearOfStatistics%2CUnitOfAirpollutionLevel%2CTypeOfMeasurementStation%2CDataCoverage%2CReportingMetric%2CLatitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CLongitudeOfMeasurementStation&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=1000&resultOffset=0&f=json 7. IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, KRAKÓW, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/TMAX_AVE 8. IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, KRAKÓW, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/TMIN_AVE 9. IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, KRAKÓW, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/TSR_AVE 10. IMGW-PIB climate normal — monthly total precipitation, KRAKÓW, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/OPAD_SUMA 11. PL official material for city_area_km2 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/011212161011?var-id=2018&year=2025 12. Reproducible gmina density for Kraków: population_total_2024 / official area_2024, rounded to the metric contract precision 0. — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/011212161011?var-id=2018&var-id=72305&year=2024 ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Kraków, Poland." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-08-01. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/krakow/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/krakow/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/krakow.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/krakow.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/pl/krakow - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json