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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.856,Lat: 48.5906
Elevation	272 meter above sea level
Local time	14:53:52pm
Name province/region	Banskobystrický kraj
Name Subregion	Žiar nad Hronom
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Žiar nad Hronom

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ladomerská Vieska	1.8 km	SouthEast
2 Lutila	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Stará Kremnička	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 Lovča	3.7 km	SouthWest
5 Pitelová	5.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	122 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	140 km	WestSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	189 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 491 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 4 - Ipel, Hron, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Môťová (0.4 km² at a distance of 23 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vtáčnik with a height of 1346 meter (at a distance of 16.6 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 58.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport M. R. Štefánik Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sliac Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.9 km2

36.8%

Nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

37.3 km2

47.5%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.8%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Žiar nad Hronom in country Slovakia

Žiar nad Hronom at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	15 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	59 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings	Hungary	83 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stredny tok Hrona	SK	2.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Žiar nad Hronom

Type of weather in Žiar nad Hronom	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:19 Europe/Amsterdam