Białystok: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Białystok is a city of 295,683 people in Poland (Podlasie), 135 m (443 ft) above sea level. It has 6 railway stations on record, including Białystok railway station.
Key facts
Daylight in Białystok runs from about 7 h 37 min a day in late December to 17 h 2 min in late June (computed for 53.13° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
No airport with scheduled passenger service sits within 100 km of Białystok in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Białystok railway station, Białystok Bacieczki train station, Białystok Fabryczny train station, Białystok Stadion train station, Białystok Wiadukt, Białystok Starosielce train station. Trains to Białystok
Buses to Białystok · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Minsk, 303 km (Belarus) — trains · buses
- Warsaw, 176 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Lviv, 371 km (Ukraine)
- Łódź, 292 km — tours
- Vilnius, 222 km (Lithuania) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Gdańsk, 326 km
- Kaliningrad, 247 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Hrodna, 75 km (Belarus) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Brest, 120 km (Belarus) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Lublin, 213 km — trains
Twin towns and sister cities: Eindhoven, Kaliningrad, Kaunas, Reggio Calabria, Jelgava, Hrodna, Milwaukee, Dijon, Częstochowa, Pskov, Chongzuo, Gyumri, Lutsk, Bălți.
Common questions
How big is Białystok?
About 295,683 people live in Białystok, across 102 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Białystok in?
Europe/Warsaw, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Białystok?
The Zloty (PLN). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Białystok?
Minsk (303 km), Warsaw (176 km), Lviv (371 km), Łódź (292 km), Vilnius (222 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.