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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 20.1471,Lat: 49.9217
Elevation	295 meter above sea level
Local time	3:13:07am
Name province/region (Województwo)	Małopolskie
Wiki-website Subregion (Powiat)	Wielicki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gdów

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hucisko	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sławkowice	1.6 km	North
3 Kunice	2.1 km	South
4 Bilczyce	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Fałkowice	2.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	265 km	North
2 Budapest	Hungary	281 km	South
3 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	298 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 482 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Dobczyce (12.2 km² at a height of around 9 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 59.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 Sandomierska - Podgórze Bochenskie

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 95 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.7 km2

11.1%

Agriculture

68.5 km2

87.1%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niżowa in country Poland

Niżowa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines	Poland	8.7 km	NorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Kraków	Poland	22 km	NorthWest
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	35 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Puszcza Niepolomicka	PL	11 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gdów

Type of weather in Gdów	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:38 Europe/Amsterdam