Katowice: facts

At a glance

• Country: Poland
• Region: Silesia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 286,960
• Coordinates: 50.2597° N, 19.0217° E
• Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Zloty (PLN)
• Distance to the capital, Warsaw: 259 km (161 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW): 24 km (15 mi), straight line
• Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK): 58 km (36 mi), straight line
• Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (OSR, Czechia): 90 km (56 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Chorzow: 6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Sosnowiec: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
• Czeladz: 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
• Siemianowice Slaskie: 7.5 km (4.7 mi)
• Swietochlowice: 8.5 km (5.3 mi)