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Banská Štiavnica District

Located in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Coordinates: 48°26′59″ N 18°54′30″ E

Banská Štiavnica District
Banská Štiavnica · Adrian Tync · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
16,165
16.2K
Elevation
526 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Bratislava · UTC+01:00
Places inside
15
listed under Banská Štiavnica District
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
SLD Sliač Airport27 km
BUD Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport116 km

About Banská Štiavnica District

Banská Štiavnica District is a district. Location: Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Population: 16,165.

From Wikipedia

Banská Štiavnica District (Slovak: okres Banská Štiavnica; Hungarian: Selmecbányai járás) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1920, most of the present-day district belonged to the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Hont, apart from Močiar and Podhorie in the north (Tekov) and Kozelník in the east (Zvolen county).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
292 km²

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Banská Štiavnica District

  • Okres Žiar nad Hronom
  • Zvolen District
  • Žarnovica District
  • Levice District
  • Krupina District

Population of Banská Štiavnica District over time

Population of Banská Štiavnica District over time
2017 16,165
2021 15,649
2024 15,350
2025 15,258

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Banská Štiavnica District

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night -1° · Rain 69 mm

Hottest month
July (day 24°)
Coldest month
January (night -6°)
Wettest month
June (89 mm)
Driest month
February (43 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Banská Štiavnica District
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°3°7°13°19°22°24°23°18°13°6°1°
Average low (°C)-6°-6°-2°2°7°10°12°11°8°3°-1°-5°
Precipitation (mm)454346597889737564566961

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Banská Štiavnica District

The nearest airport is Sliač Airport (SLD), 27 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) (116 km). The nearest large city is Győr, 128 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Sliač Airport (SLD) Sliač 27 kmnortheast
  • Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) Budapest 116 kmsouth
  • Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) Poprad 120 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Győr Population: 129.3K 128 kmsouthwest
  • Bratislava Population: 423.7K 138 kmwest
  • Miskolc Population: 154.5K 144 kmeast
  • Székesfehérvár Population: 101.6K 145 kmsouth
  • Košice Population: 225K 176 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Banská Štiavnica District

Within 100 km: 16 historic and cultural sites, 49 natural sites, 16 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1 place

  • Slatina River 20 kmNE

25–60 km17 places

  • Tríbeč Mountain 55 kmW
  • Tlstá Mountain 54 kmN
  • Poľana Mountain 47 kmNE
  • Ostrý Vrch Mountain 52 kmN

60–100 km63 places

  • Veľký Kriváň Mountain 83 kmN
  • Strážov Mountain 65 kmNW
  • Rakytov Mountain 60 kmN
  • Chleb Mountain 83 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Places in Banská Štiavnica District

15 places
  1. 7 Ilija 349
  2. 8 Podhorie 326
  3. 9 Dekýš 195
  4. 10 Bad’an 171
  5. 11 Močiar 161
  6. 12 Kozelník 160
  7. 13 Vysoká 140
  8. 14 Beluj 137
  9. 15 Počúvadlo 94

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources