Swietochlowice: facts

At a glance

• Country: Poland
• Region: Silesia
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 55,600
• Coordinates: 50.2964° N, 18.9173° E
• Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Zloty (PLN)
• Distance to the capital, Warsaw: 260 km (161 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW): 23 km (14 mi), straight line
• Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK): 66 km (41 mi), straight line
• Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (OSR, Czechia): 88 km (55 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Chorzow: 4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Bytom: 5.8 km (3.6 mi)
• Ruda Slaska: 6.0 km (3.8 mi)
• Katowice: 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
• Siemianowice Slaskie: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Chorzow, 4.2 km (2.6 mi)