City profile · Slovakia · Europe
Košice
City population
225,044
#2
in Slovakia
#1
in Kosice Region
#2,562
worldwide
48.714, 21.258 · 313 km from Bratislava
About Košice
Košice is a city in Kosice Region, Slovakia with a population of 225,044. It is the 2nd largest of the 59 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Slovakia, and the 2,562nd largest worldwide. It lies 313 km from Bratislava.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
205 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Bratislava
Coordinates
48.714, 21.258
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 59 in SlovakiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.