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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.2095,Lat: 49.6878
Elevation	391 meter above sea level
Local time	21:05:13pm
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Żywiecki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Żywiec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pietrzykowice	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Zarzecze	4.2 km	NorthWest
3 Trzebinia	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Rychwałd	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Świnna	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	231 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	244 km	South
3 Wien	Austria	265 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 505 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zbiornik Żywiecki (9.3 km² at a height of around 6 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Barania Góra with a height of 1215 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 17.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 95%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians
Region karpacki - Zewnetrzne Karpaty Zachodnie - Beskidy Zachodnie - Kotlina Zywiecka

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

53 km2

67.5%

Urban area

11.8 km2

15%

Water - Lakes

7.9 km2

10.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Żywiec in country Poland

Żywiec at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	38 km	NorthEast
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	39 km	North
3 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	47 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Beskid Zywiecki	PL	1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Żywiec

Type of weather in Żywiec	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:54 Europe/Amsterdam