Skull Chapel Kaplica Czaszek
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
Skull Chapel is a brick chapel and an immovable monument in Poland. It is one of the 39 sights in the country featured on this site and is the 15th most looked-up sight in Poland on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The weather in Kudowa-Zdrój varies throughout the year. July is the warmest month with daily highs of 22 °C and lows of 13 °C, though it also has the most rain at 96 mm. The coldest period is between January and February, when daily highs are between 0 °C and 2 °C.
To reach the chapel, you can fly into Pardubice Airport in the Czech Republic, which is 60 km away. The site is 386 km from Warsaw. Visitors can combine a trip here with visits to Książ Castle, located 43.6 km away, or the Sudetes, which are 47.5 km away. Admission to the chapel costs 5 zł.
Weather by month
The warmest month is July, with an average high of 22 °C. The wettest is July, with about 96 mm of rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Average low, °C | -5 | -5 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| Rainfall, mm | 56 | 46 | 55 | 42 | 69 | 76 | 96 | 86 | 62 | 49 | 55 | 61 |
| Rainy days | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
