Geographical Characteristics

Hradec Králové is located in Northeast Bohemia, in the sector of utmost importance of the Bohemian basin. The city lies on the confluence of the rivers Labe (Elbe) and Orlice, in wonderful fertile flat country with an average height of 235 m above sea level. To the northwest, the city is surrounded by a wooded range of rolling hills; to the southeast, the city borders a remarkable massif with extensive forests. A suitable area with a climate without significant extremes and little differentiated and relatively flat terrain of the basin of Hradec Králové create good ventilation conditions for the area. Inversions arise sporadically in Hradec Králové.
The city administrative area is 105.6 km2, and it is divided into 21 cadastral areas. Hradec Králové is the regional center of the Region of Hradec Králové, which is part of NUTS 2 Northeast.

Air temperature (winter/summer)	-2/+19 °C
Total yearly average air temperature	+8.5 °C
Air humidity (winter/summer)	82/71 %
Absolute maximum temperature (30. 7. 1994)	+37.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature (9. 1. 1985)	-24.7 °C
Average yearly precipitation amounts	74 mm
Average number of sunny days a year	45
Average number of cloudy days	135
Average number of foggy days	35
Average number of stormy days	28
Average numbers of days without solar activity	84
Average number of days with coherent snow  blanket  a year	45
Average yearly quantity of fallen snow	63 cm

Source: Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute in Hradec Králové, 2006