About Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia, Poland with a population of 286,960. It is the 11th largest of the 344 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Poland, and the 1,989th largest worldwide. It lies 259 km from Warsaw.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 43
Elevation
276 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Warsaw
Coordinates
50.260, 19.022
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 344 in PolandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.