Climate Risk score
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Climate Risk in Warsaw76/100
Climate Risk
Climate Risk in Warsaw
Warsaw carries moderate climate exposure centered on heat, intense rainfall, and river flood pressure, balanced by EU adaptation framing. Climate Risk in Warsaw scores 76/100, placing it in the solid group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 76/100
Primary hazard
Heat and rainfall
Rising heat and intense rainfall are the main hazards.
Flood exposure
Moderate
River and stormwater flood pressure rises in cycles.
Adaptation capacity
Strong
EU framing and city programs support resilience.
Warsaw climate risk data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Primary hazard | Heat and rainfall | Continental geography concentrates heat. |
| Flood exposure | Moderate | Vistula flood-management programs are central. |
| Adaptation capacity | Strong | Tree planting and shade build heat resilience. |
Climate Risk city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw (this page) | 76/100 | Warsaw carries moderate climate exposure centered on heat, intense rainfall, and river flood pressure, balanced by EU adaptation framing. |
| Krakow | 72/100 | Krakow's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Wroclaw | 72/100 | Wroclaw's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Bielsko-Biała | 70/100 | Bielsko-Biała's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Gdansk | 70/100 | Gdansk's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Łódź | 70/100 | Łódź's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Poznań | 70/100 | Poznań's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Kielce | 69/100 | Kielce's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Opole | 69/100 | Opole's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Gliwice | 68/100 | Gliwice's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Katowice | 68/100 | Katowice's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Mysłowice | 68/100 | Mysłowice's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Lubin | 68/100 | Lubin's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Inowrocław | 68/100 | Inowrocław's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Stargard | 68/100 | Stargard's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Pruszków | 68/100 | Pruszków's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Koszalin | 67/100 | Koszalin's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Radom | 67/100 | Radom's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Tychy | 67/100 | Tychy's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Sosnowiec | 67/100 | Sosnowiec's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Częstochowa | 67/100 | Częstochowa's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | 67/100 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Elbląg | 66/100 | Elbląg's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Płock | 66/100 | Płock's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Tarnów | 66/100 | Tarnów's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Kalisz | 66/100 | Kalisz's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Legnica | 66/100 | Legnica's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Słupsk | 66/100 | Słupsk's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Zabrze | 66/100 | Zabrze's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Suwałki | 66/100 | Suwałki's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | 65/100 | Dąbrowa Górnicza's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
Interpretation
Climate-risk scoring weighs hazard exposure with adaptation capacity. Warsaw's main pressures are heat and river flooding. Across the indexed cities the climate risk average is 62/100, so Warsaw is 14 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
3 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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