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Kanal, Slovenia
Municipality of Kanal ob Soči · Slovenia
Kanal is a small town in Municipality of Kanal ob Soči, Slovenia with a population of 1,269. Elevation: 886 ft (270 m). Average temperature: 57°F (14°C).
Data updated June 2026
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About Kanal
Kanal, frequently referred to as Kanal ob Soči, is a settlement mostly on the left bank of the Soča River in the Slovene Littoral, the traditional region in southwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči. It is an important crossing point over the Soča. At its eastern border, on the left bank of the Soča, runs the Bohinj Railway, the railway track linking the Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
People
Climate
| Population | 1,269 |
| Population Density | 22 / sq mi |
| Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
| Coordinates | 46.0874°, 13.6349° |
| Timezone | Europe/Ljubljana |
| Country | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| State / Province | Municipality of Kanal ob Soči |
| Average Temperature | 57°F (14°C) |
| January Average | 42°F (6°C) |
| July Average | 74°F (24°C) |
| Annual Precipitation | 76.9 inches (1,952 mm) |
| Annual Snowfall | 1.4 inches (4 cm) |
About Kanal
Kanal is a small town in Slovenia (Municipality of Kanal ob Soči) with a population of 1,269. The city sits at an elevation of 886 feet (270 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 57°F (14°C). Temperatures range from 42°F in January to 74°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 76.9 inches. The timezone is Europe/Ljubljana.
Temperature
| Annual Average | 57.3°F |
| 6% above Slovenia avg | |
| January Average | 42°F (6°C) |
| July Average | 74°F (24°C) |
| Sunny Days | 280 days/yr |
Geography
| Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
| Area | 56.6 sq mi (146.5 km²) |
| Population Density | 22/sq mi |
| Coordinates | 46.0874°N, 13.6349°W |
| Timezone | Europe/Ljubljana |
Precipitation & Snow
Air Quality
Tsunami History
1 tsunami recorded within 500 km. Highest wave on record: 235.0 m (771 ft).
| Year | Location | Cause | Max Wave | Deaths | Distance |
| 1963 | VAJONT DAM, VAJONT RIVER | Meteorological | 235.0 m | 2,000 | 103 km |
Monthly Weather
| Month | Avg Temperature | Precipitation | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 6.1 in | |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 4.2 in | Driest |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 5.9 in | |
| April | 49°F (9°C) | 7.6 in | |
| May | 58°F (14°C) | 7.8 in | |
| June | 64°F (18°C) | 8.2 in | |
| July | 74°F (24°C) | 6.1 in | Warmest |
| August | 69°F (21°C) | 5.9 in | |
| September | 62°F (17°C) | 8.4 in | |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 9.6 in | |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 10.0 in | Wettest |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 7.8 in | Coldest |
Kanal has a seasonal temperature swing of 38°F / from 36°F in December to 74°F in July. Total annual precipitation is 87.5 inches, with November being the wettest month (10.0") and February the driest (4.2").
Schools in Kanal
1 public schools (NCES 2022-23 data).
| School | Level | Enrollment | Teachers | Student/Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OŠ Kanal | - | - | - | - |
Radio Stations near Kanal
11 stations within ~55 km.
| Station | Genre | Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Gioconda (IT) | hits, musica italiana | MP3 192 kbps | |
| Radio robin | entertainment, local radio | MP3 | |
| Radio Onde Furlane (IT) | friuli, furlan | MP3 128 kbps | |
| Rai Radio 1 FVG (IT) | - | AAC 374 kbps | |
| Rai 1 Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT) | friuli, italian | MP3 256 kbps | |
| Network Satellite (IT) | - | MP3 128 kbps | |
| Radio City Trieste (IT) | adult contemporary, trieste | MP3 128 kbps | |
| Radioattività (IT) | trieste | MP3 | |
| Radio Centar - Studio Poreč (HR) | various music | AAC+ 320 kbps | |
| Radio Istra (HR) | pop | AAC+ 128 kbps | |
| WEL 105,5 (AT) | - | MP3 128 kbps |
Museums in Kanal
| Name | Type | Address | Phone | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archeological museum Most na Soči | ||||
| Breginjski muzej (Ščirnov ograd) | ||||
| Briška Hiša | ||||
| Bunker Pr' Barabonu | ||||
| Casa Nera | ||||
| Centro Internazionale “Vittorio Podrecca-Teatro delle meraviglie di Maria Signorelli” | ||||
| Centro visite Gradina / Sprejemni center Gradina | ||||
| Civiltà contadina | ||||
| Complesso museale Convento Santa Maria in Valle | ||||
| Črna kuhinja | ||||
| Doblar Hydroelectric Power Plant Museum | ||||
| Hiša aleksandrink | ||||
| Hiša opajske tradicije | ||||
| Kobariški Museum | ||||
| Kosmačeva domačija | ||||
| Kovaški muzej | ||||
| Marijanski muzej | ||||
| Mesto na meji | ||||
| Museo archeologico nazionale di Cividale | ||||
| Museo dei Blumari e del Paese | ||||
| Museo del Lasciapassare / Muzej Prepustnica | ||||
| Museo dell'arte vinaria | ||||
| Museo della Grande Guerra | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo della moda | ||||
| Museo di Prossenicco | ||||
| Museo di Scienze naturali "Alvise Comel" | ||||
| Museo diocesano cristiano e del tesoro del duomo | ||||
| Museo Documentario della Città | ||||
| Museo Grande Guerra | ||||
| Museo Monte Brestovec | ||||
| Museo Multimediale della Grande Guerra di Redipuglia | ||||
| Museo Santa Chiara | ||||
| Museo Storico Balus | ||||
| Museo Storico Militare | ||||
| Museum Collection Kobarid in the Great War 1917 | ||||
| Museum of Cheesemaking | ||||
| Museum on the Border – Kolodvor | ||||
| Muzej Mrzli Vrh | ||||
| Muzej na prostem Mrzli vrh | ||||
| Muzej na prostem Zaprikraj | ||||
| Muzej sanitete I. sv. vojne | ||||
| Muzej Tihotapstva / Museo del Contrabbando | ||||
| Muzejska Zbirka Botognice | ||||
| Muzejska zbirka Mazora Breginj | ||||
| Muzejska zbirka Miren | ||||
| Muzejska zbirka Stol 1915-1917 | ||||
| Nježna hiša | ||||
| Open air museum Mengore | ||||
| Outdoor museum Kolovrat | ||||
| Palazzo Coronini Cronberg | ||||
| Partizanska tehnika Krn | ||||
| Provincial Museums | ||||
| Rojstna hiša Simona Gregorčiča | ||||
| Roman house | ||||
| Sabotin - Mazej Park miru | ||||
| Šempeter in okolica med prvo svetovno vojno | ||||
| Simon Rutar | ||||
| SMO | ||||
| Stražni stolp - Muzej | ||||
| Stražni stolp - Muzej | ||||
| Tolmin Museum | ||||
| Usnjarsko čevljarski muzej | ||||
| WW 1 collection | ||||
| Zavod kraška šola Škrbina - etnološki muzej Komen | ||||
| Žičnica Golobar |
Libraries in Kanal
| Name | Address | Staff | Annual Visits | Circulation | Collection | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biblioteca "Carlo Seppenhofer" | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca / Knjižnica SLORI | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca Civica | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca civica di Cividale del Friuli | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca civica e popolare | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale "Eugenio Simonetti" | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale "Luigi Chiozza" | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale / Občinska knjižnica | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale / Občinska knjižnica Sovodnje ob Soči | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale Caterina Percoto | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca comunale di Fogliano Redipuglia | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca del Monastero di Sant'Orsola | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca del Museo archeologico nazionale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Archivio di Stato di Gorizia | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Associazione corale goriziana C. A. Seghizzi | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Associazione culturale maestro Rodolfo Lipizer ONLUS | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Istituto di sociologia internazionale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Istituto per gli incontri culturali mitteleuropei | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Osservatorio per le malattie delle piante | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca dell'Università della terza età | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca della Camera di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura - CCIAA | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca della Sede di Gorizia dell'Università degli studi di Trieste | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca provinciale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca pubblica del Seminario teologico centrale | 0.0 | |||||
| Biblioteca Statale Isontina | 0.0 | |||||
| Bilbioteca Comunale | 0.0 | |||||
| Bilbioteca del Circolo Culturale Ivan Trinko | 0.0 | |||||
| Centro speciale di servizi bibliotecari - Gorizia | 0.0 | |||||
| Goriška knjižnica Franceta Bevka | 0.0 | |||||
| Izposojevališče Dobravlje | 0.0 | |||||
| Knjižnica Cirila Kosmača Tolmin | 0.0 | |||||
| Knjižnica Damirja Feigla / Biblioteca Damir Feigel | 0.0 | |||||
| Knjižnica Kobarid | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Bilje | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Branik | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Deskle | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Kanal | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Miren | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Prvačina | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Renče | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Šempeter | 0.0 | |||||
| Krajevna knjižnica Solkan | 0.0 | |||||
| Tehnika in knjižnica | 0.0 |
Farmers Markets in Kanal
| Name | Address | Season | Hours | Organic | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer's Market | |||||
| Farmer's Market | |||||
| Farmer's Market | |||||
| Mercato coperto | |||||
| Mercato settimanale | |||||
| Tržnica Deskle | |||||
| Tržnica Miren | |||||
| Tržnica Tolmin |
Restaurants in Kanal
4 restaurants within city radius - OpenStreetMap data
Cafes in Kanal
3 cafes within city radius - OpenStreetMap data
Monuments in Kanal
2 monuments within city radius - OpenStreetMap data
Gas Stations in Kanal
1 gas stations within city radius - OpenStreetMap data
Breweries in Kanal
| Name | Type | Address | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antica Contea Birrificio in Gorizia | ||||
| Forum Iulii - Grana 40 | ||||
| Reservoir Dogs brewery | ||||
| The Lure |
Stadiums & Teams in Kanal
| Team | League | Division |
|---|---|---|
Ski Resorts Near Kanal
20 ski resorts within range.
| Resort | Slopes (km) | Lifts | Peak (m) | Price | Season | Night | Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarvisio | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Simonhöhe | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Embergeralm | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Goldeck | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Bergbahn Weissensee | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Skigebiet Gerlitzen Alpe | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Vorhegg | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Nassfeld | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Skigebiet Dreiländereck - Arnoldstein | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Kinderalm Valbruna | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Smučarski center Cerkno | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Macesnovc Rateče | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Planica | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Skigebiet Bodental | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Kranjska Gora | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Mojstrana | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Sella Nevea - Kanin | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Vogel | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Soriška planina | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
| Stari Vrh | 0.0 | - | - | $0 | - | - | - |
Airports Near Kanal
35 airports within the area.
| Airport | IATA | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Klagenfurt Airport | KLU | Large Airport |
| Trieste Airport | TRS | Large Airport |
| Portorož Airport | POW | Medium Airport |
| Udine-Rivolto Air Base | - | Medium Airport |
| Agriturismo Turus Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Ajdovščina Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Al Casale Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Al Ranch Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Ali Friuli Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Always Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| AS77 Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Azienda Agricola Balduit Giuliano Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Bibione Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Bovec Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Chiasiellis Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Cordovado Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Črnotiče Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Divača Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Feldkirchen Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Ferlach-Glainach Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Fly Evolution Flying Field | - | Small Airport |
| Fly Synthesis Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Gorizia Duca d'Aosta Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Lesce Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Mazarack Flying Field | - | Small Airport |
| Nötsch im Gailtal Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Ossiacher See Paraglider Landing Field | - | Small Airport |
| Piancada Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Postojna Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Prosecco Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Rivoli Avro Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| San Mauro Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Udine-Campoformido Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Ultralight Friuli Airfield | - | Small Airport |
| Zampieri Airfield | - | Small Airport |
Post Offices in Kanal
2 post offices.
| Post Office | Address |
|---|---|
| Pošta Kanal | |
| Pošta Ročinj |
Treatment Centers in Kanal
1 treatment centers.
| Center | Type | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Varstveno delovni center Nova Gorica - Enota Stara Gora |
Churches & Religious Organizations in Kanal
16 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| Cerkev sv. Duha | |
| Marija Snežna | |
| Marija Vnebovzeta | |
| Marijino Celje | |
| Sv. Andrej | |
| Sv. Anton | |
| Sv. Jurij | |
| Sv. Kancijan | |
| Sv. Martin | |
| Sv. Nikolaj | |
| Sv. Vid | |
| Sveta Ana | |
| Sveti Pavel | |
| Sveti Peter | |
| Sveti Tomaž | |
| Župnijska cerkev sv. Štefana |
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Frequently Asked Questions About Kanal
What is the population of Kanal?
Kanal has a population of 1,269 residents and is located in Slovenia. The population density is 22 people per square mile, spread across 56.6 square miles.
What is the weather like in Kanal?
Kanal enjoys a temperate climate with an average annual temperature of 57°F (14°C). Winter temperatures average 42°F in January, while summers reach an average of 74°F in July. The area receives 280 sunny days per year, well above the national average of 205. Annual rainfall totals 76.9 inches, with 1.4 inches of snow.