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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.0911,Lat: 49.8875
Elevation	304 meter above sea level
Local time	15:10:56pm
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Bielski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bestwina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bestwina	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stara Wieś	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Pisarzowice	3.9 km	East
4 Bestwinka	4.3 km	NorthWest
5 Dankowice	5.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	242 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	266 km	South
3 Wien	Austria	273 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 483 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 Stawy Komorowickie (1.2 km² at a distance of 2.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 31.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 - Podkarpacie Pólnocne - Kotlina Oswiecimska - Podgórze Wilamowickie

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 65 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

62.6 km2

79.8%

Urban area

7.8 km2

9.9%

Water - Lakes

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Janowice in country Poland

Janowice at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	18 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	41 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Kraków	Poland	64 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stawy w Brzeszczach	PL	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bestwina

Type of weather in Bestwina	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	04:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:23 Europe/Amsterdam