SLOVAKIA | Travel | Tourism

Facts & Figures

Territory: 49.035 sq. km (Eurostat 2025)

Population: 5.419.451 (Eurostat 2025)

Capital: Bratislava

Official Language: Slovak

Currency: Euro (€)

Time Zone: The usual time zone applying to Slovakia is Central European Time (CET), during summer it is Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Climate

There are big temperature differences in Slovakia, in winter the temperature is -15°C and in the summer it is +30°C, so in the winter you can play ice-hockey on frozen lakes and in the summer you can sunbathe, swim or sail in the same places.

Language

Traffic signs are international. In the south of Slovakia, people often use the Hungarian language, so signs and notices are bilingual, i.e. in Slovak and Hungarian. Most people there speak both languages.

A few slang expressions you can hear among the younger generation when they speak informally include:

• fáro - car
• vecko - toilet
• je na péenke - she/he is on sick leave
• drobáky - change (money)
• prachy - bucks, dough (money)
• stará, starý - wife, husband (oldie)
• kafco - coffee
• štipko - scholarship
• kamoši - mates, pals, friends
• frajerka - boyfriend, girlfriend
• kreditka - credit card
• minerálka - mineral water