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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.8171,Lat: 50.6211
Elevation	280 meter above sea level
Local time	5:27:43am
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Zawierciański
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Szczekociny

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bonowice	3 km	West
2 Chałupki	3.3 km	East
3 Tęgobórz	3.6 km	NorthWest
4 Bógdał	4 km	North
5 Goleniowy	4.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	198 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	339 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Budapest	Hungary	352 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 402 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Medium - Pilica, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Poraj (4.9 km² at a height of around 6 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 115 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 161 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Malopolska - Wyzyna Przedborska - Niecka Wloszczowska

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 55 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.2 km2

28.3%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

51.7 km2

65.8%

Urban area

3 km2

3.8%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Szczekociny in country Poland

Szczekociny at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Kraków	Poland	63 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	71 km	WestSouthWest
3 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines	Poland	74 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dolina Górnej Pilicy	PL	2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gmina Szczekociny

Type of weather in Gmina Szczekociny	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 26 May 2024:	15 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	04:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam