Katowice
City in Poland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Katowice Rynek: Thepoweroflight, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Katowice is a city in Poland, in Silesia. About 286,960 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Poland in our atlas.
It lies at 50.26° N, 19.02° E, about 276 m (906 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
Location
Red dot: Katowice. Green dots: other major cities of Poland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Katowice has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (21°F). Around 716 mm (28 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in PolandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kraków · 69 km
- Wrocław · 170 km
- Łódź · 171 km
- Warsaw · 260 km
- Lublin · 275 km
- Poznań · 281 km
- Bydgoszcz · 326 km
- Białystok · 434 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3096472 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q588 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Katowice Rynek: Thepoweroflight, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)