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Tatra Mountains

Located in Slovakia Coordinates: 49°10′06″ N 20°08′34″ E

Map showing the location of Tatra Mountains Tatra Mountains
Location in Slovakia
Elevation
1,969 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Stary Smokovec
6.5 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Bratislava · UTC+01:00
Airports
TAT Poprad-Tatry Airport13 km
SLD Sliač Airport95 km

About Tatra Mountains

Tatra Mountains is a mountain. Location: Slovakia. Elevation: 1,969 m. The nearest airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (13 km). Nearby sights include Gerlachovský štít and Batizovský štít.

At a glance

Area
786 km²
Official website
tpn.pl

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Tatra Mountains

This month · November

A cold month

Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 80 mm

Hottest month
August (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
Wettest month
June (174 mm)
Driest month
February (58 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 Tatra Mountains
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-7°-6°-3°1°8°11°12°13°8°4°-3°-6°
Average low (°C)-14°-13°-11°-6°-2°1°3°3°-1°-4°-9°-12°
Precipitation (mm)61586796133174174149114818074

How to get to Tatra Mountains

The nearest airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT), 13 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Košice, 96 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) Poprad 13 kmsoutheast
  • Sliač Airport (SLD) Sliač 95 kmsouthwest
  • Košice International Airport (KSC) Košice 98 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Košice Population: 225K 96 kmsoutheast
  • Miskolc Population: 154.5K 127 kmsouth
  • Nyíregyháza Population: 117.7K 178 kmsoutheast
  • Debrecen Population: 202.4K 213 kmsoutheast
  • Győr Population: 129.3K 248 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Tatra Mountains

Within 100 km: 29 historic and cultural sites, 321 natural sites, 13 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km90 places

  • Skalnaté pleso Lake 7 kmE
  • Popradské Pleso Lake 5 kmW
  • Ostrá Mountain 9 kmW
  • Vysoká Mountain 4 kmW

25–60 km96 places

  • Branisko Mountain 57 kmE
  • Beskids Mountain 29 kmN
  • Čertovica Mountain 41 kmSW
  • Baníkov Mountain 32 kmW

60–100 km177 places

  • Veľký Kriváň Mountain 81 kmW
  • Tlstá Mountain 90 kmW
  • Rakytov Mountain 74 kmW
  • Poľana Mountain 76 kmSW

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