Brno
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About
Brno is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities in the European Union. The Brno metropolitan area has approximately 730,000 inhabitants.
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Why visit
Visit Brno for literature, bookshops, and universities, markets, streets, food, and public squares. Use Brno to connect cultural institutions with streets, food, public space, and nearby landscape rather than treating each stop separately. A good itinerary should stay selective. The strongest plan in Brno usually starts with one main stop and treats the surrounding streets as part of the visit. That gives Brno room to show itself without turning the day into unrelated stops. When Brno opens onto beaches, hills, rivers, gardens, or nearby towns, add them only when they sharpen the trip.
When to avoid
Do not visit Brno expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Brno, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between useful areas. In Brno, keep the plan compact, check hours before arrival, and use taxis or rideshares when public transport is inconvenient or safety varies by area. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Brno as a base rather than the whole destination.
Summer (June-August)
The warmer period in Brno generally falls in June through August. In Brno, summer comfort depends on humidity and storm patterns as much as temperature. For Brno, extra daylight is useful only when the route stays coherent. A warm-weather route in Brno needs a rhythm: outdoor stops, interiors, transit breaks, and enough shade.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Brno. Winter in Brno is often a useful cultural season if the itinerary is built around interiors and shorter outdoor sections. For Brno, ask how much the season limits walking, transport, and day trips, not just what the thermometer says. In Brno, this is often a season for interiors, short walks, and slower observation rather than ambitious routing. Outdoor time in Brno should stay flexible; check hours and spend on a ride when weather, darkness, or distance would otherwise dominate the plan.
The next week in Brno
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
14° / 10°
2.6 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Rain
14° / 10°
7.4 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
15° / 8°
UV High
Mon
Fog
19° / 4°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
20° / 8°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
21° / 11°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.3h
05:11 – 20:27local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Brno
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Brno-Tuřany Airport (BRQ) at 8 km.
Getting around Brno
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Gesamtnetz der deutschen BahnFlixBus-euvlexxErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGNeckar-DonauIDS JMKBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deFlixBus-deFlixBus-deHZZPSBBOEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice800640 SÜWEXB MetroŽelezničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s.RegioJet,a.s.Leo Express s.r.o.Flixbus Polska sp.o.oEVB ELBE-WESER GmbH
Operators and modes aggregated by from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, (of code) cs:User:-xfi-.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.