Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Bratislava
Bratislava is a capital city in Bratislava Region, Slovakia. It has a population of about 480,902 (2025). The climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen Cfb), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now13°C
Best timeApr–May · Sep
Population480,902
Local time14:51
48.15° N, 17.11° EElevation 157 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
Postal codes810 00, 810 02 …October: high / low15° / 7°
Rain this month42mm
Best timeApr–May · Sep
Best: Apr–May · Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Bratislava at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:21 · 17:5210 h 30 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:08Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 8.8Next holiday1 NovemberAll Saints' DayNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitApr–May · Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month28°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-3°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
63 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
36 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 0.9 km
How Bratislava has grown
People living in the built-up area (84 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
-5%326k in 1975 → 310k in 2025Weather in Bratislava
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
13°C
Today hour by hourPartly cloudy · wind 24 km/h · humidity 54%
Today22 Oct14°6°5.9 mm
Fri23 Oct15°5°
Sat24 Oct12°5°
Sun25 Oct13°4°4.1 mm
Mon26 Oct15°5°
Tue27 Oct11°6°0.5 mm
Wed28 Oct16°7°
Thu29 Oct14°8°0.5 mm
Fri30 Oct14°4°
Sat31 Oct14°4°
When to go to Bratislava
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 27 | 31 | 40 | 78 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 62 | 77 | 64 | 30 | 26 |
| High | 3° | 6° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 22° | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| Low | -3° | -1° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 3° | -1° |
| Rain (mm) | 37 | 36 | 43 | 38 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 69 | 64 | 42 | 51 | 49 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
What's on in Bratislava
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Music venues
A4 - Priestor súčasnej kultúryKarpatská 2, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovakia · 1.1 km
4 showsZimný Štadión Ondreja NepeluOdbojárov 9, 831 04 Nové Mesto · 2.5 km
3 showsHANT aréna3 km
1 showsBratislava's festivals through the year
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Monuments and museums in Bratislava
0.9 km
Church of St. ElisabethBuilt 2000
0.5 km
Primate's PalaceBuilt 1781
0.8 km
Bratislava CastleBuilt 1431
0.5 km
Summer Archbishop's PalaceBuilt 1761
0.7 km
St. Martin's Cathedral, BratislavaBuilt 1401
0.2 km
Grassalkovich PalaceBuilt 1765
Museum1 km
Slovak National MuseumBuilt 1961
Museum0.9 km
Slovak National GalleryBuilt 1948More museums: Antimúzeum JK · Galéria RD 21 · Galéria SVÚ · Glass Art Gallery Design SIMONE · Music Museum Bratislava · Múzeum 17. Novembra 1989 · Múzeum Janka Jesenského · Museum of the city history · Period Rooms Museum / The Apponyi House · Múzeum obchodu · Múzeum polície Slovenskej republiky · Múzeum zbraní
Outdoors around Bratislava
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Jon Fosse Stellplatz - DonauparkplatzCamp sites
0.5 kmErlebnisbad PrellenkirchenWater parks
0.6 kmWinter WonderlandTheme parks
1 kmBlack River Resort - Golf & Country Club Bratislava BernolákovoGolf courses
1.5 kmZoo BratislavaZoos
1.5 kmVyhliadková veža Devínska KobylaViewpoints
1.9 kmPezinská BabaSki area · 2 km of pistes · 5 lifts
23 kmZochova chataSki area · 0 km of pistes · 3 lifts
29 kmPlutvy.skDive site
2.4 kmPRO-DIVEDive site
3 kmNAUTILUSDive site
3.7 kmNautilusDive site
6 kmNature around Bratislava
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Slovakia seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Bratislava
Earthquakes around Bratislava
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 19505magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record33within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
5.3Moosbrunn 2 km ←2000 · 53 km
5.2Balatonfűzfő 2 km ↓1985 · 142 km
5.1Willendorf am Steinfelde 2 km ↗1972 · 86 km
5.1Breitenau 2 km ↑2001 · 85 km
Universities and research institutes
Comenius University BratislavaUniversity or college · founded 1919
Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaUniversity or college · founded 1937
Bratislava University of Economics and BusinessUniversity or college · founded 1940
Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1943
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in BratislavaUniversity or college · founded 1949
Academy of Performing Arts in BratislavaUniversity or college · founded 1949
Welding Research Institute - Industrial Institute SRUniversity or college · founded 1949
Štátny Inštitút Odborného VzdelávaniaUniversity or college · founded 1990
Academy of the Police Force in BratislavaUniversity or college · founded 1992
Asociácia Doktorandov SlovenskaUniversity or college · founded 2002
Slovak Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2002
Bratislava University of Economics and ManagementUniversity or college · founded 2003
St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social WorkUniversity or college · founded 2003
Pan-European UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2004
Bratislava International School of Liberal ArtsUniversity or college · founded 2006
Slovak Organization for Space ActivitiesUniversity or college · founded 2009
Research Institute of Agricultural and Food EconomicsResearch institute · founded 1919
Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1943
Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1943
Ludovit Stur Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1943
Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1946
Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1946
Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1947
National Institute for EducationResearch institute · founded 1947
Water Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1951
Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Building Testing and Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1953
Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Construction and Architecture of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Measurement Science of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Virology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1953
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1954
Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1954
Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1955
Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1959
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1960
Národný Onkologický ÚstavResearch institute · founded 1960
Research Institute for Child Psychology and PathopsychologyResearch institute · founded 1963
Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1965
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1967
Institute of Molecular Biology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1976
Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1980
Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1989
Institute for Research in Social Communication of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1990
Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1990
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1990
Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1990
Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1990
Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1991
National Agricultural and Food CentreResearch institute · founded 1991
Institute for Labour and Family ResearchResearch institute · founded 1992
Institute of Informatics and StatisticsResearch institute · founded 1993
The Institute of Military HistoryResearch institute · founded 1994
Institute of Neuroimmunology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1996
Cancer Research Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1997
International Laser CenterResearch institute · founded 1997
Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 2004
Spa-ce.netResearch institute · founded 2006
Štátny Veterinárny a Potravinový ÚstavResearch institute · founded 2014
Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 2017
Centre of Experimental Medicine of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 2018
Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Centre for Advanced Material Application of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute for Heart Research of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Art History of the Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Clinical and Translational Research of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Institute of Theatre and Film Research of the Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre of the Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch institute
Union of Slovak Mathematicians and PhysicistsResearch institute
Bratislava from above
Around Bratislava43 places to see, do and reach nearby
VydricaNature2.5 kmLittle DanubeNature4.0 kmZlaté PieskyNature7.4 kmKuchajdaNature3.7 kmŠtrkovecké jazeroNature3.2 kmVeľký DraždiakNature4.9 kmSihoťNature4.9 kmBird IslandNature20 kmVysoká (Little Carpathians)Mountain31 kmVápennáMountain37 kmČertov kopecMountain27 kmJágrováMountain26 kmVeľká homoľa, Bratislava RegionMountain27 kmČmeľokMountain25 kmPezinská BabaSki area23 kmZochova chataSki area29 kmPlutvy.skDive site2.4 kmPRO-DIVEDive site3.0 kmNAUTILUSDive site3.7 kmChurch of St. ElisabethMonument0.9 kmPrimate's PalaceMonument0.5 kmBratislava CastleMonument0.8 kmSummer Archbishop's PalaceMonument0.5 kmSt. Martin's Cathedral, BratislavaMonument0.7 kmGrassalkovich PalaceMonument0.2 kmSt. Nicholas' ChurchMonument0.6 kmUniversitas IstropolitanaMonument0.6 kmSlovak National MuseumMuseum1.0 kmSlovak National GalleryMuseum0.9 kmBratislava City MuseumMuseum0.5 kmBratislava City GalleryMuseum0.4 kmMuseum of Jewish CultureMuseum0.5 kmBratislava hlavná stanicaStation1.2 kmBratislava-PetržalkaStation3.0 kmBratislava-Nové MestoStation4.0 kmOsobný prístavFerry port1.0 kmDevínFerry port9.6 kmPetržalkaPlace3.2 kmPezinokPlace20 kmDúbravkaPlace7.0 kmKarlova VesPlace3.9 kmSenecPlace23 kmStupavaPlace15 km
Postal codes
810 00810 02810 04810 05810 07810 08811 01811 02811 03811 04811 05811 06811 07811 08811 09812 01812 02812 03812 04812 05812 06812 07812 08812 09812 10812 11812 12812 13812 14812 15812 16812 17812 18812 19812 20812 21812 22812 23812 24812 25812 26812 27812 28812 29812 30812 31812 32812 33812 34812 35812 36812 37812 38812 39812 41812 42812 43812 44812 45812 46812 47812 48812 49812 50812 51812 52812 53812 54812 55812 56812 57812 58812 59812 60812 61812 62812 63812 64812 65812 66812 67812 68812 69812 70812 71812 72812 73812 74812 75812 76812 77812 78812 79812 80812 81812 82812 83812 84812 85812 86812 87812 88812 89812 90812 91812 92812 93812 94812 95812 96813 01813 02813 03813 04813 05813 06813 07813 08813 09813 10813 11813 12813 13813 14813 15813 16813 17813 18813 19813 20813 21813 22813 23813 24813 25813 26813 27813 28813 30813 31813 32813 33813 34813 35813 36813 37813 38813 39813 40813 41813 42813 43813 44813 45813 46813 47813 48813 49813 50813 51813 52813 53813 54813 55813 56813 57813 58813 59813 60813 61813 62813 63813 64813 65813 66813 67813 68813 69813 70813 71813 72813 73813 74813 75813 76813 77813 78813 79813 80813 81813 82813 83813 84813 85813 86813 87813 88813 92813 94813 95813 96814 00814 01814 02814 03814 04814 05814 06814 07814 08814 09814 10814 11814 12814 13814 14814 15814 16814 17814 18814 19814 20814 21814 22814 23814 24814 25814 26814 27814 28814 29814 30814 31814 32814 33814 34814 35814 36814 37814 38814 39814 40814 41814 42814 44814 45814 46814 47814 48814 49814 50814 51814 52814 53814 54814 55814 56814 57814 58814 59814 60814 61814 62814 63814 64814 65814 66814 67814 68814 69814 70814 71814 72814 73814 74814 75814 77814 78814 79814 80814 81814 82814 83814 84814 85814 86814 87814 88814 90814 91814 92814 93814 94814 95814 96814 99815 01815 02815 03815 04815 05815 06815 07815 08815 09815 10815 11815 12815 13815 14815 15815 16815 17815 18815 19815 20815 21815 22815 23815 24815 25815 26815 27815 28815 29815 30815 31815 32815 33815 34815 35815 36815 37815 38815 39815 40815 41815 42815 43815 44815 45815 46815 47815 48815 49815 50815 51815 52815 53815 55815 56815 57815 58815 59815 61815 62815 63815 65815 66815 67815 68815 69815 70815 71815 72815 73815 74815 75815 76815 77815 78815 79815 80815 82815 83815 84815 85815 86815 87815 88815 89815 90815 91815 92815 93815 94815 95815 96816 01816 02816 03816 04816 05816 06816 07816 08816 09816 10816 11816 12816 13816 14816 15816 16816 17816 18816 19816 20816 21816 22816 23816 24816 25816 26816 27816 28816 29816 30816 31816 32816 33816 34816 35816 36816 37816 38816 39816 40816 41816 42816 43816 44816 45816 46816 47816 48817 02817 04817 11817 15817 53817 55817 62817 73817 77817 78817 80817 82817 85817 87817 89817 95817 96817 98818 02818 09818 11819 01819 44
Getting to Bratislava
M. R. Štefánik AirportBTS
8.2 kmVienna International AirportVIE
40 kmBrno-Tuřany AirportBRQ
116 kmBratislava hlavná stanicaRailway station
1.2 kmBratislava-PetržalkaRailway station
3 kmBratislava-Nové MestoRailway station
4 kmOsobný prístavDevín
1 kmDevínNationalparkboot Lobau · Osobný prístav
9.6 kmPlaces near Bratislava
Places with a climate like Bratislava
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Bratislava?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, May and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Bratislava.
What is the hottest month in Bratislava?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28°C and lows of 16°C.
What is the coldest month in Bratislava?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 3°C and lows of -3°C.
What is the rainiest month in Bratislava?
July is the wettest month with about 63 mm of precipitation on 13 wet days.
What is the postal code of Bratislava?
Bratislava has 459 postal codes: 810 00, 810 02, 810 04, 810 05, 810 07, 810 08, 811 01, 811 02, 811 03, 811 04, 811 05, 811 06 ….