Kielce: 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.
Kielce is a city of 192,468 people in Poland (Świętokrzyskie), 267 m (876 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Warsaw Radom Airport (RDO), 71 km (44 mi) from the centre. It has 4 railway stations on record, including Kielce train station.
Key facts
Daylight in Kielce runs from about 8 h a day in late December to 16 h 36 min in late June (computed for 50.87° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Kielce is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Warsaw Radom Airport (RDO), 71 km (44 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 8,202 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft.
Flights to Kielce: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Kielce train station, Kielce Herbskie train station, Kielce Białogon train station, Kielce Piaski train station. Trains to Kielce
Buses to Kielce · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Budapest, 392 km (Hungary) — flights
- Warsaw, 153 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kraków, 102 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Lviv, 267 km (Ukraine) — trains · tours
- Wrocław, 253 km — tours
- Łódź, 128 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Poznań, 307 km
- Bratislava, 395 km (Slovakia)
- Brno, 342 km (Czechia)
- Hrodna, 380 km (Belarus)
Twin towns and sister cities: Ramla, Gotha, Budapest, Nitra, Kamyanske, Orange, Herning, Gorizia, Sandviken Municipality, Gävle Municipality, Vinnytsia, Flint, Dnipro.
Common questions
Which airport serves Kielce?
Warsaw Radom Airport (RDO), 71 km (44 mi) from the centre.
How big is Kielce?
About 192,468 people live in Kielce, across 109 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Kielce in?
Europe/Warsaw, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Kielce?
The Zloty (PLN). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Kielce?
Budapest (392 km), Warsaw (153 km), Kraków (102 km), Lviv (267 km), Wrocław (253 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.