Ostrava
City in Czechia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Katedrála Božského Spasitele, Nová Karolina a Dolní oblast Vítkovic, pohled z Nové radnice, srpen 2011: Lukáš Mižoch, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ostrava is a city in Czechia, in Moravian-Silesian Region. About 280,853 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Czechia in our atlas.
It lies at 49.83° N, 18.28° E, about 211 m (692 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Prague time zone.
Location
Red dot: Ostrava. Green dots: other major cities of Czechia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ostrava has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (20°F). Around 704 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.
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- Olomouc · 78 km
- Brno · 139 km
- Hradec Králové · 180 km
- Liberec · 253 km
- Prague · 278 km
- České Budějovice · 289 km
- Ústí nad Labem · 318 km
- Pilsen · 351 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3068799 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8385 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Katedrála Božského Spasitele, Nová Karolina a Dolní oblast Vítkovic, pohled z Nové radnice, srpen 2011: Lukáš Mižoch, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)