Warsaw: 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.
Warsaw is the capital of Poland (Mazovia), 113 m (371 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Warsaw Central railway station. Our booking partner lists 3,226+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Warsaw runs from about 7 h 47 min a day in late December to 16 h 51 min in late June (computed for 52.23° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Warsaw is served by 3 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, whose 12,106-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft. The alternatives are Warsaw Modlin Airport (WMI, 35 km), Warsaw Radom Airport (RDO, 94 km).
Flights to Warsaw: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Warsaw Central railway station, Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa railway station, Warszawa Śródmieście PKP railway station, Warszawa Wileńska station, Warszawa Powiśle railway station, Warszawa Główna railway station. Trains to Warsaw
Buses to Warsaw · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 3,226+ places to stay in Warsaw (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 482 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (218), and 19 are five-star. Across 729 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.8 out of 10. Guests have left 923,970 reviews in total.
Hotels in Warsaw: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 84 hostels in Warsaw, out of 3,226 places to stay of every kind — 2.6% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 58 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 7.5 out of 10, 1.3 below the 8.8 its hotels average. Guests have left 91,433 reviews across them.
Hostels in Warsaw: the full picture, and book
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Museum of the History of Polish Jews | 450,000 | — |
| National Museum in Warsaw | 337,629 | 2015 |
The busiest is Museum of the History of Polish Jews at 450,000 visitors. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
UNESCO World Heritage in the city: Warsaw Old Town.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Warsaw
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kraków, 252 km — flights · tours
- Lviv, 339 km (Ukraine)
- Wrocław, 302 km — flights
- Łódź, 117 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Vilnius, 393 km (Lithuania) — flights · trains · buses
- Poznań, 278 km — flights · tours
- Gdańsk, 283 km — flights · trains · tours
- Kaliningrad, 277 km (Russia) — flights · tours
- Hrodna, 248 km (Belarus) — trains · buses · tours
- Brest, 185 km (Belarus) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Berlin, The Hague, Taipei, Düsseldorf, Hamamatsu, Île-de-France, Toronto, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Harbin, Moscow, Kyiv, Saint-Étienne, Chicago.
Common questions
Which airport serves Warsaw?
Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, plus 2 other airports with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Warsaw?
About 1.7 million people live in Warsaw, across 517 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Warsaw in?
Europe/Warsaw, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Warsaw?
The Zloty (PLN). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Warsaw?
84 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Warsaw.
How many hotels are there in Warsaw?
Our booking partner lists 3,226 or more places to stay in Warsaw, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Warsaw?
Kraków (252 km), Lviv (339 km), Wrocław (302 km), Łódź (117 km), Vilnius (393 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.