
Vela Luka
Croatia
Vela Luka: facts
At a glance
- Country: Croatia
- Region: Dubrovnik-Neretva
- Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
- Population: approximately 3,772
- Coordinates: 42.9633° N, 16.7225° E
- Time zone: Europe/Zagreb (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Distance to the capital, Zagreb: 322 km (200 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Brač Airport (BWK): 36 km (22 mi), straight line
- Split Saint Jerome Airport (SPU): 73 km (45 mi), straight line
- Mostar International Airport (OMO, Bosnia and Herzegovina): 98 km (61 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Blato: 6.2 km (3.8 mi)
- Smokvica: 15 km (9 mi)
- Zavalatica: 18 km (11 mi)
- Jelsa: 22 km (14 mi)
- Zastrazisce: 22 km (14 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Split, 65 km (40 mi)
Sources
- Vela Luka
Coming up in Vela Luka
- 18 Nov 2026: Remembrance Day
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 26 Dec 2026: St Stephen's Day
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 6 Jan 2027: Epiphany
- 7 Jan 2027: Orthodox Christmas Day
- 9 Jan 2027: Međimurje Unification Day
- 15 Jan 2027: Day of the International Recognition of the Republic of Croatia and Day of Peaceful Reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region
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