Košice: 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.
Košice is a city of 225,044 people in Slovakia (Košice Region), 205 m (673 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Košice International Airport (KSC), 6 km (4 mi) from the centre. It has 1 railway station on record, including Košice railway station.
Key facts
Daylight in Košice runs from about 8 h 20 min a day in late December to 16 h 13 min in late June (computed for 48.71° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Košice is served by 2 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Košice International Airport (KSC), 6 km (4 mi) from the centre, whose 10,171-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft. The alternatives are Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT, 84 km).
Flights to Košice: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Košice railway station. Trains to Košice
Buses to Košice · Driving and car hire
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| IFF Art Film | 25,000 | 2019 |
The busiest is IFF Art Film at 25,000 visitors in 2019. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Košice
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Budapest, 213 km (Hungary) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Warsaw, 391 km (Poland) — flights
- Vienna, 365 km (Austria) — flights
- Kraków, 178 km (Poland) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Lviv, 236 km (Ukraine) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Łódź, 363 km (Poland)
- Bratislava, 313 km
- Brno, 344 km (Czechia)
- Lublin, 297 km (Poland) — tours
- Katowice, 236 km (Poland) — trains · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Oradea, Niš, Miskolc, Bursa, Plovdiv, Budapest, Katowice, Krosno, Ostrava, Raahe, Rzeszów, Saint Petersburg, Uzhhorod, Verona.
Common questions
Which airport serves Košice?
Košice International Airport (KSC), 6 km (4 mi) from the centre, plus 1 other airport with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Košice?
About 225,044 people live in Košice, across 242 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Košice in?
Europe/Bratislava, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Košice?
The Euro (EUR). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Košice?
Budapest (213 km), Warsaw (391 km), Vienna (365 km), Kraków (178 km), Lviv (236 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 13 September 2026. Hotel 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.