Celje
Local name: Cilli
Located in Urban Municipality of Celje, Slovenia Coordinates: 46°13′51″ N 15°15′38″ E
- Population
- 38,059
- 38.1K
- Elevation
- 240 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Ljubljana · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- MBX Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport43 km
- LJU Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport62 km
About Celje
Celje is a city. Location: Urban Municipality of Celje, Slovenia. Population: 38,059. Elevation: 240 m.
Celje ( (T)SEL-yay; Slovene: [ˈtsɛ̀ːljɛ] ; German: Cilli [ˈtsɪli] ) is the third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje. The town is located below Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Hudinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna rivers in the lower Savinja Valley, and at the crossing of the roads connecting Ljubljana, Maribor, Velenje, and the Central Sava Valley.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1451
- Heritage designation
- monument of local significance
- Area
- 22.7 km²
- Official website
- celje.si
Source: Wikidata
Travel notes for Celje
From Wikivoyage
Celje is a city on the Savinja River in the Pohorje-Savinjska region of Slovenia.
Get in+
Celje is halfway between Ljubljana and Maribor on the A1 highway, a one-hour drive from either. It is also served by Ljubljana - Maribor railway line with trains running twice an hour on workdays.
Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged
Twin towns and sister cities of Celje
- Slavonski Brod· Croatia
- Ćuprija· Serbia
- Graz· Austria
- Gaziantep· Turkey
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Celje over time
| 2011 | 37,520 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37,584 | |
| 2013 | 37,490 | |
| 2014 | 37,628 | |
| 2015 | 37,540 | |
| 2016 | 37,787 | |
| 2017 | 38,079 | |
| 2018 | 37,959 | |
| 2019 | 37,875 | |
| 2020 | 37,872 | |
| 2021 | 37,392 | |
| 2022 | 37,122 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Celje
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 1° · Rain 107 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 26°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- June (145 mm)
- Driest month
- January (51 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 51 | 53 | 74 | 89 | 96 | 145 | 132 | 126 | 111 | 118 | 107 | 78 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Celje
The nearest airport is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), 43 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) (62 km). The nearest large city is Ljubljana, 62 km to the west.
Airports
- Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) Maribor 43 kmnortheast
- Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) Zgornji Brnik 62 kmwest
- Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG) Velika Gorica 83 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Ljubljana Population: 272.2K 62 kmwest
- Zagreb Population: 663.6K 72 kmsoutheast
- Klagenfurt Population: 100.3K 85 kmnorthwest
- Graz Population: 303.3K 94 kmnorth
- Rijeka Population: 108K 119 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Celje
Within 100 km: 139 historic and cultural sites, 507 natural sites, 288 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km9 places
- Lake Žovnek Lake 19 kmW
- Kum Mountain 20 kmSW
- Savinja River 18 kmSW
- Paka River 19 kmNW
25–60 km147 places
- Ribnica Lake Lake 30 kmN
- Pohorje Mountain 37 kmNE
- Mrzla Gora Mountain 54 kmW
- Grintavec Mountain 58 kmW
60–100 km778 places
- Kašina River 87 kmSE
- Lake Bled Lake 91 kmW
- Veliki Snežnik Mountain 95 kmSW
- Šmarna gora Mountain 63 kmW
Straight-line distances.
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