Katowice
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📷 Thepoweroflight· CC BY-SA 4.0Po nasėmu, po śląsku | In our way, in Silesian
About
Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. The Katowice metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million.
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The next week in Katowice
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
Rain
15° / 11°
8.1 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
12° / 9°
9.2 mm
Sun
Rain
13° / 9°
8.9 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Rain
11° / 7°
12.3 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
17° / 8°
2.1 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
21° / 7°
0.6 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / -3°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.4h
04:58 – 20:22local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Katowice
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW) at 26 km.
Getting around Katowice
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
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Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand 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, vectorization coat of arms: Pojdulos.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.