Gliwice: facts

At a glance

• Country: Poland
• Region: Silesia
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 198,835
• Coordinates: 50.2976° N, 18.6766° E
• Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Zloty (PLN)
• Distance to the capital, Warsaw: 269 km (167 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW): 35 km (22 mi), straight line
• Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (OSR, Czechia): 78 km (49 mi), straight line
• Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK): 83 km (51 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zabrze: 8.3 km (5.2 mi)
• Knurow: 8.9 km (5.5 mi)
• Sosnicowice: 11 km (7 mi)
• Pyskowice: 12 km (7 mi)
• Ornontowice: 13 km (8 mi)