Medlánky or Královo Pole?
Two neighbours in the north of Brno. Královo Pole is a busy urban district with the technical university and shops, Medlánky a smaller area of family houses with Medlánecký kopec and a glider airfield.
The two border each other in the north of Brno. They differ mainly in their buildings and how much bustle and how many services are around. The table is computed live from the data; the better value in each row is highlighted.
| Medlánky | Královo Pole | |
|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 17 200 Kč | 17 200 Kč |
| To the centre | 35 min | 21 min |
| From the centre at night | 39 min | 33 min |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 73 % | 69 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 12 | 55 |
| Bars and pubs | 4 | 29 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 32 % | 13 % |
| To a park | 146 m | 205 m |
| Noisy addresses (Lden) | 24 % | 74 % |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | -1.0 °C | +1.8 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 40 % | 23 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 90 % | 94 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 56 % | 86 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 57 % | 37 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 14 % | 71 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | 57 % | 29 % |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 42 % | 23 % |
| Addresses with a busy bike route within 300 m | 69 % | 89 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 48 % | 87 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 94 % | 99 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 0 % |
| Tap water hardness | 2.68 mmol/l | 2.83 mmol/l |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 16 | 29 |
| Growth in restaurants, shops and services over a year | +2.2 % | +2.9 % |
| Addresses in a paid parking zone | 100 % | 100 % |
| Addresses at a busy road | 0 % | 8 % |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 0 % | 6 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 21 | 150 |
| Flats on district heating | 20 % | 37 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 13 % | 35 % |
Medlánky
A small neighbourhood of family houses and newer development. On its edge is an airfield where gliders take off, and the Medlánecký kopec nature reserve with views over the city. It suits families and anyone who wants to live in a house or in smaller-scale housing with nature around.
Královo Pole
An urban district with apartment houses, Palackého vrch and the campus of Brno University of Technology, Královo Pole station and plenty of shops. The centre is a few tram stops away. It suits students and anyone who wants services round the corner and the centre close.
Which to choose
Look at the rows of the table that matter most to you:
- You want a house and quiet: the guides to a family house on the edge of Brno and quiet places to live in Brno.
- You are a student: the guide on where to live in Brno as a student.
- You have children: the rows with schools and playgrounds, and the catchment school of the exact address.
- Price decides: the first row of the comparison and the guide on how much rent costs in Brno.
Medlánky is compared with Řečkovice in the guide Řečkovice or Medlánky?, Královo Pole with Řečkovice in Řečkovice or Královo Pole?. Before you sign a lease, check the flat itself: two addresses in the same neighbourhood can differ in catchment school, the walk to the stop and how close the main road is.
Frequently asked questions
Is it better to live in Medlánky or Královo Pole?
It depends on what matters to you. The table on this page shows both side by side from current data: rent, the trip to the centre by day and at night, shops, restaurants, green space, schools and doctors. The better value in each row is highlighted.
Where is rent cheaper, Medlánky or Královo Pole?
The typical rent of a 2+kk flat from the Ministry of Finance rent map is in the first row of the comparison, computed live from the latest data. The rents of every Brno neighbourhood are in the guide on how much rent costs in Brno.
