Łódź: 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.
Łódź is a city of 639,890 people in Poland (Łódź Voivodeship), 214 m (702 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre. It has 4 railway stations on record, including Łódź Kaliska railway station. Our booking partner lists 407 places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Łódź runs from about 7 h 51 min a day in late December to 16 h 46 min in late June (computed for 51.77° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Łódź is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 8,202 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft.
Flights to Łódź: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Łódź Kaliska railway station, Łódź Arturówek railway station, Łódź Retkinia railway station, Łódź Radogoszcz Wschód railway station. Trains to Łódź
Buses to Łódź · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 407 places to stay in Łódź. Of the 218 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (140), and 4 are five-star. Across 221 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.7 out of 10. Guests have left 178,508 reviews in total.
Hotels in Łódź: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 13 hostels in Łódź, out of 407 places to stay of every kind — 3.2% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 9 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 7.8 out of 10, 0.9 below the 8.7 its hotels average. Guests have left 8,032 reviews across them.
Hostels in Łódź: the full picture, and book
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Warsaw, 117 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kraków, 193 km — tours
- Lviv, 385 km (Ukraine)
- Wrocław, 185 km — tours
- Poznań, 188 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Gdańsk, 292 km — tours
- Kaliningrad, 334 km (Russia)
- Brno, 351 km (Czechia)
- Szczecin, 380 km
- Hrodna, 362 km (Belarus)
Twin towns and sister cities: Vilnius, Chemnitz, Stuttgart, Lyon, Odesa, Tel Aviv, Tianjin, Rustavi, Barreiro, Tampere, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Murcia, Örebro Municipality, Lviv.
Common questions
Which airport serves Łódź?
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre.
How big is Łódź?
About 639,890 people live in Łódź, across 293 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Łódź in?
Europe/Warsaw, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Łódź?
The Zloty (PLN). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Łódź?
13 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Łódź.
How many hotels are there in Łódź?
Our booking partner lists 407 places to stay in Łódź, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Łódź?
Warsaw (117 km), Kraków (193 km), Lviv (385 km), Wrocław (185 km), Poznań (188 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.