Poland's watermelon area stays under 400 hectares, with Grójec county in the lead
Watermelons cover 397.13 hectares in Poland in 2026, and four counties account for more than half of that. Grójec county in the Masovian Voivodeship leads with 84.92 hectares.
Watermelon growing remains a niche segment of Polish agriculture. According to 2026 cultivation area data from ARiMR, Poland's Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture, the crop occupies 397.13 hectares nationwide. Most of it is concentrated in the Masovian Voivodeship, while the single largest watermelon-growing county is Grójec.
Regional breakdown
The Masovian Voivodeship has 237.93 hectares, just under 60% of the national area. Podkarpackie (Subcarpathian) Voivodeship is second with 47.23 hectares, followed by Łódź (33.32 ha), Greater Poland (19.07 ha), Świętokrzyskie (13.76 ha) and Lublin (12.80 ha).
Leading counties
Grójec county reports 84.92 hectares, more than one fifth of the national total. Lubaczów county is second with 46.17 hectares, Piaseczno third with 38.06 hectares and Płońsk fourth with 37.62 hectares. Together these four counties cover 206.77 hectares, around 52% of all watermelon area in Poland.
Municipal results
At municipality level, Oleszyce in Lubaczów county ranks first with 45.89 hectares. It is followed by Mogielnica in Grójec county (39.39 ha), Piaseczno (29.79 ha) and Załuski (21.45 ha). The ten largest municipalities together account for 219.10 hectares, about 55% of the national area. Grójec county's position is also supported by Jasieniec (10.34 ha), Belsk Duży (5.22 ha) and Goszczyn (4.33 ha), although the top municipality nationally is in the Subcarpathian region.
Overall, 397.13 hectares is small compared with the main vegetable species grown in Poland, yet production is highly concentrated geographically.
