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Mountain

Kriváň

Located in Poprad District, Prešov Region Coordinates: 49°09′45″ N 20°00′00″ E

Map showing the location of Kriváň Kriváň
Location in Slovakia
Elevation
2,495 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Štrbské Pleso
6.6 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Bratislava · UTC+01:00
Airports
TAT Poprad-Tatry Airport20 km
SLD Sliač Airport86 km

About Kriváň

Kriváň is a mountain. Location: Poprad District, Prešov Region. Elevation: 2,495 m. The nearest airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (20 km). Nearby sights include Ostrá and Szpiglasowy Wierch.

Climate of Kriváň

This month · November

A cold month

Day -6° · Night -13° · Rain 60 mm

Hottest month
July (day 9°)
Coldest month
January (night -18°)
Wettest month
June (132 mm)
Driest month
February (41 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).

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Climate of Kriváň
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-11°-10°-6°-1°5°8°9°9°5°0°-6°-10°
Average low (°C)-18°-18°-15°-11°-6°-3°-2°-2°-5°-9°-13°-17°
Precipitation (mm)4241487310613213211488626052

How to get to Kriváň

The nearest airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT), 20 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK) (103 km). The nearest large city is Košice, 105 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) Poprad 20 kmsoutheast
  • Sliač Airport (SLD) Sliač 86 kmsouthwest
  • Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK) Balice 103 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Košice Population: 225K 105 kmsoutheast
  • Miskolc Population: 154.5K 131 kmsoutheast
  • Nyíregyháza Population: 117.7K 185 kmsoutheast
  • Debrecen Population: 202.4K 218 kmsoutheast
  • Győr Population: 129.3K 240 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Kriváň

Within 100 km: 25 historic and cultural sites, 327 natural sites, 15 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km95 places

  • Skalnaté pleso Lake 17 kmE
  • Popradské Pleso Lake 6 kmE
  • Ostrá Mountain 2 kmE
  • Vysoká Mountain 7 kmE

25–60 km98 places

  • Beskids Mountain 34 kmNE
  • Čertovica Mountain 34 kmSW
  • Ľubica River 32 kmE
  • Spišská Kapitula Attraction 57 kmE

60–100 km174 places

  • Branisko Mountain 67 kmE
  • Veľký Kriváň Mountain 71 kmW
  • Tlstá Mountain 79 kmW
  • Rakytov Mountain 64 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Štrbské Pleso Village, Poprad District
    6.6 km SE
  • Strba Village, Poprad District
    13 km SE
  • Zakopane Municipality, Tatra County
    13 km N
  • Štôla Village, Poprad District
    13 km SE
  • Važec Village, Okres Liptovský Mikuláš
    12 km S
  • Zakopane Town, Zakopane
    16 km N

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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