Poland
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
255km²
Area
133km
Coastline
115m
Highest point
Grzywacz
30,000
People
19°C
Warmest sea
August
When to go to Wolin
Best to visit from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (19 °C) and coolest in February (2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Poland
Wolin is an island in Poland. It covers 255 km², with 133 km of coastline. Its highest point, Grzywacz, rises to 115 m. About 30,000 people live on it.
Getting there
- Heringsdorf Airport (HDF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 23 km in a straight lineCar hire at SZZ airport (Szczecin)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesŚwinoujście (PL) - Ystad (S), Świnoujście (PL) - Trelleborg (SE), Przeprawa karsiborska, Przeprawa miejska
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Wolin.
- 25beachesNaturist beach and 24 more
- 28viewpointsPiaskowa Góra, Slavonic fortress Terrance, Wzgórze Zielonka and 25 more
- 2lighthousesLatarnia morska Świnoujście, Kikut
- 15ferry terminalsTerminal Promowy Świnoujście, Finnlines check-in and 13 more
- 12marinasPrzystań Wicko, Przystań Żeglarska Łunowo, Marina Dziwnów and 9 more
- 20named peaksGóra Widna, Grzywacz, Góra św. Anny and 17 more
- 2castles and fortsDwór w Uninie, Fort Gerharda
- 45ruins and archaeological sitesruiny wiatraka, Wyrzutnie V3, Baterie Artylerii Stałej and 42 more
- 11waymarked walking routesSzlak Nadmorski im. dr. Czesława Piskorskiego, Wisełka PKS nż - plaża, Szlak Przez Kawczą Górę and 8 more
- 20campsitesFraszka, u Anety, Villa Danuta and 17 more
- 242hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 109restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Wolin in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Wolin, each with its own numbers.
4beaches and covesCoastya
6mountainsPeakyas
8lakesLakeyas
Highest point
116m
Grzywacz
according to Peakyas
Largest lake
4.4km²
Jezioro Koprowo
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
23.8°C
Jezioro Zółwińskie
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
19.4°C
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
4 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Warszòw plaża19.4°C
- Plaża Międzyzdroje19.4°C
- Plaża Międzywodzie18.9°C
- Plaża w Dziwnowie18.8°C
6 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Grzywacz116m
- Mokrzyckie Góry67m
- White Mountain
- Gosań Hill
- Srebrna Góra
- Zielonka
8 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Jezioro Koprowo4.4km²
- Czajcze Lake0.56km²
- Jezioro Domysłowskie0.40km²
- Jezioro Zółwińskie0.33km²
- Kołczewo Lake0.27km²
- Wisełka Lake0.15km²
- Jezioro Martwe0.12km²
- Warnowo Wschodnie0.10km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 22 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 83 %0–50 m
- 17 %50–200 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Wolin12,438 people
- Międzyzdroje5,502 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Night low (°C) | -1 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Sea (°C) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 44 | 43 | 32 | 49 | 61 | 82 | 68 | 57 | 60 | 56 | 58 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +2.0 | +2.7 | +2.3 | +1.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +1.9 | +1.7 |
| 2021 | +1.8 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.4 | −0.4 | +3.0 | +2.2 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +0.2 |
| 2022 | −0.1 | +1.7 | +1.7 | +0.5 | +1.9 | +2.0 | +0.7 | +1.2 | −0.7 | +0.5 | +1.8 | −0.2 |
| 2023 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +0.5 | −0.3 | +2.1 | +1.7 | +1.0 | −0.5 |
| 2024 | −0.1 | +1.7 | +2.2 | +1.8 | +1.9 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.7 |
| 2025 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +2.7 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +1.4 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q148505) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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