May
Wk 20–22
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 27 out of 100, weather comfort near 75.
- Crowd level
- 24–33
- Comfort
- 72–77
Poland
Best time to visit Ermland-Masuren
When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.
Busiest week
JulyCrowd level 100
Wk 30 · 153,384 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
DecemberCrowd level 0–1
Wk 49–51 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
MayCrowd level 24–33
Wk 20–22 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Warmest month
21 °CComfort 79
August · around 74 mm of rain in the month
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Ermland-Masuren (Poland) is quietest in December: across Wk 49–51 the crowd level runs from 0 to 1 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in July (Wk 30), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 153,384 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Ermland-Masuren busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 3
FebruaryØ 6
MarchØ 3
AprilØ 8
MayØ 25
JuneØ 51
JulyØ 96
AugustØ 94
SeptemberØ 29
OctoberØ 10
NovemberØ 6
DecemberØ 3
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
May · Wk 20
Crowd level24/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort28/100 · Sun & warmth
-7 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- May (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 57,540
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 2 % of source markets on school holidays · -2 % crowding from holidays
- Region range
- 27,106–153,384 (avg 62,093)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom global (ungewichtet) gemittelten Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte – der Quellland-Mix liegt für dieses Ziel-Land nicht vor. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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DestinationErmland-Masuren
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The travel year in Ermland-Masuren, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 9 | 0 °C |
| February | 6 | 10 | 1 °C |
| March | 3 | 22 | 4 °C |
| April | 8 | 47 | 10 °C |
| May | 25 | 70 | 15 °C |
| June | 51 | 78 | 20 °C |
| July | 96 | 76 | 21 °C |
| August | 94 | 79 | 21 °C |
| September | 29 | 74 | 17 °C |
| October | 10 | 47 | 11 °C |
| November | 6 | 22 | 4 °C |
| December | 3 | 11 | 1 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Ermland-Masuren itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.
September
Wk 36–38
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 31, weather comfort near 76.
- Crowd level
- 27–36
- Comfort
- 73–79
July–August
Wk 29–31
The region's peak: crowd level around 99 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 99–100
- Comfort
- 75–77
Ermland-Masuren compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Ermland-Masuren
- 2.58
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: April, at 0.1× the value. Closest to the median: July, at 0.3× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Ermland-Masuren with itself. The two figures are never combined.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1 | 0 | -1 | 73 |
| Feb | 0 | 1 | -1 | 58 |
| Mar | 3 | 4 | 1 | 46 |
| Apr | 8 | 10 | 6 | 41 |
| May | 12 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| Jun | 18 | 20 | 15 | 71 |
| Jul | 19 | 21 | 17 | 101 |
| Aug | 19 | 21 | 17 | 74 |
| Sep | 15 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| Oct | 9 | 11 | 8 | 71 |
| Nov | 4 | 4 | 4 | 57 |
| Dec | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
How sunny?
Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.
2.9 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 |
| Feb | 1.4 |
| Mar | 2.6 |
| Apr | 4.2 |
| May | 5.4 |
| Jun | 5.7 |
| Jul | 5.1 |
| Aug | 4.4 |
| Sep | 3.1 |
| Oct | 1.5 |
| Nov | 0.7 |
| Dec | 0.4 |
Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
Ski areas in Ermland-Masuren
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 7
- Slopes in total
- 5 km
- Lifts
- 19
- Highest point
- 263 m
On a long-term average, January sees the most snow: 6 cm mean snow depth across the region.
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piękna Góra | 2.32 km | 5 | 197–263 m66 m vertical drop |
| Ośrodek Narciarski Kurza Góra | 1.71 km | 7 | 99–160 m60 m vertical drop |
| Góra Czterech Wiatrów G4W | 0.48 km | 2 | 130–177 m47 m vertical drop |
| Gołębiewski | not available | not available | not available |
| Krzyżowa Góra | not available | not available | not available |
| Mazurski | not available | 2 | 149–181 m32 m vertical drop |
| Wyciąg narciarski "Kartasiówka" | not available | 3 | 109–142 m33 m vertical drop |
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Ermland-Masuren
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Ermland-Masuren?
- The best time to visit Ermland-Masuren is May (Wk 20–22): in this window the crowd level is low at around 27 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 75 out of 100.
When is Ermland-Masuren quietest?
- December (Wk 49–51) is the quietest time in Ermland-Masuren. Crowd levels there sit at 0–1 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Ermland-Masuren busiest?
- Ermland-Masuren is busiest in July (Wk 30) with around 153,384 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Ermland-Masuren and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Ermland-Masuren in August with an average of 21 °C and around 74 mm of rain in the month.
When is there the most snow in Ermland-Masuren and when are ski conditions best?
- Ermland-Masuren has the most snow in January with an average of around 6 cm. Those are the most reliable weeks for winter sports.
All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.
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v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.