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Tolmin

Located in Municipality of Tolmin, Slovenia Coordinates: 46°10′59″ N 13°44′00″ E

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Location in Slovenia
Population
3,534
3.5K
Elevation
201 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Ljubljana · UTC+01:00
When to go
May–September
See the climate
Airports
TRS Trieste Airport45 km
LJU Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport56 km

About Tolmin

Tolmin is a city. Location: Municipality of Tolmin, Slovenia. Population: 3,534. Elevation: 201 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Trieste Airport (45 km). Nearby sights include Idrijca and Bača.

Travel notes for Tolmin

From Wikivoyage

Tolmin is a city in Slovenia.

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Tolmin is the largest town and an administrative centre of the Soča Valley. Its greatest attractions are the old town centre, great sports facilities and the Museum of Tolmin which features an ethnological and archeological collection.

The most visited attraction nearby are Tolmin Gorges, the lowest entrance into the Triglav National Park. Confluence of two Alpine rivers into a gorge is quite rare phenomenon. Gorges are one of the deepest in Slovenia, too (60 m under the Devil's bridge).

A few kilometres away we can see Javorca, the most beautiful monument from the First World War in Soča Valley. It was entered into the list of European cultural heritage in 2006.

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By car:

From Ljubljana via Idrija town is 104 km (1 hour 40 minutes).

From Ljubljana via Nova Gorica is 150 km (1 hour 50 minutes).

From airport Brnik 110 km.

From Nova Gorica is 41 km (40 minutes).

By train:

From Ljubljana to Most na Soci train station: about 10 trains per day (about 3 hours drive). From Trieste, there are regular trains to Gorizia Centrale; from there you can walk or short bus ride across the Slovenian border to Nova Gorica and take a train from there to Most na Soči.

By bus:

There is a bus route for Ljubljana - Tolmin - Bovec and for Tolmin - Nova Gorica.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Tolmin

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 12° · Night 5° · Rain 238 mm

Hottest month
August (day 26°)
Coldest month
January (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (238 mm)
Driest month
February (103 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 Tolmin
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°8°11°14°19°23°26°26°22°18°12°8°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°6°10°14°16°16°13°9°5°1°
Precipitation (mm)129103141189191206172161203222238172

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Tolmin

The nearest airport is Trieste Airport (TRS), 45 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Ljubljana, 61 km to the east.

Airports

  • Trieste Airport (TRS) Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste 45 kmsouthwest
  • Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) Zgornji Brnik 56 kmeast
  • Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 69 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Ljubljana Population: 272.2K 61 kmeast
  • Klagenfurt Population: 100.3K 66 kmnortheast
  • Rijeka Population: 108K 110 kmsoutheast
  • Graz Population: 303.3K 164 kmnortheast
  • Zagreb Population: 663.6K 179 kmeast

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

Day trips from Tolmin

Within 100 km: 124 historic and cultural sites, 994 natural sites, 257 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km27 places

  • Lake Bohinj Lake 15 kmNE
  • Triglav Mountain 23 kmN
  • Porezen Mountain 19 kmE
  • Krn Mountain 11 kmNW

25–60 km391 places

  • Raša River 43 kmS
  • Lake Bled Lake 34 kmNE
  • Šmarna gora Mountain 57 kmE
  • Rjavina Mountain 26 kmNE

60–100 km957 places

  • Markovec Mountain 72 kmS
  • Veliki Snežnik Mountain 88 kmSE
  • Mrzla Gora Mountain 69 kmE
  • Mala Gora Mountain 91 kmSE

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