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Landkreis Karlsruhe

Located in Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Wurttemberg Coordinates: 49°04′47″ N 8°31′53″ E

Map showing the location of Landkreis Karlsruhe Landkreis Karlsruhe
Location in Germany
Population
456,264
456.3K
Elevation
118 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
32
listed under Landkreis Karlsruhe
When to go
May–September
See the climate
Airports
MHG Mannheim-City Airport44 km
FKB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport47 km

About Landkreis Karlsruhe

Landkreis Karlsruhe is a municipality. Location: Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Wurttemberg. Population: 456,264. Elevation: 118 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Mannheim-City Airport (44 km). Nearby sights include Breitheide and Niederwald.

Climate of Landkreis Karlsruhe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 2° · Rain 73 mm

Hottest month
July (day 25°)
Coldest month
January (night -1°)
Wettest month
June (83 mm)
Driest month
April (57 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Landkreis Karlsruhe
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°11°15°20°23°25°25°21°15°9°6°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°2°5°9°12°14°14°10°6°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)616159578283805763717377

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Landkreis Karlsruhe

The nearest airport is Mannheim-City Airport (MHG), 44 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) (47 km). The nearest large city is Karlsruhe, 12 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Mannheim-City Airport (MHG) Mannheim 44 kmnorth
  • Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) Rheinmünster 47 kmsouthwest
  • Stuttgart Airport (STR) Stuttgart 67 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Karlsruhe Population: 283.8K 12 kmsouthwest
  • Pforzheim Population: 119.3K 25 kmsoutheast
  • Heidelberg Population: 143.3K 38 kmnorth
  • Ludwigshafen am Rhein Population: 163.2K 45 kmnorth
  • Mannheim Population: 308K 46 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Landkreis Karlsruhe

Within 100 km: 955 historic and cultural sites, 3,904 natural sites, 902 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km302 places

  • Insel Flotzgrün Island 23 kmN
  • Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee Lake 13 kmW
  • Altrhein Lake 24 kmN
  • Altrhein Lake 21 kmN

25–60 km2,287 places

  • Elsenz River 40 kmNE
  • Friesenheimer Insel Island 49 kmN
  • Neckarinsel Island 38 kmN
  • Pfaffensee Lake 55 kmSE

60–100 km3,172 places

  • Hessental Concentration Camp Historic site 91 kmE
  • Unditz River 87 kmSW
  • Rench River 60 kmSW
  • Modau River 82 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Landkreis Karlsruhe and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Landkreis Karlsruhe Duisburg Leipzig Hanover
Population 456.3K 504.4K 505K 515.1K
Elevation 118 m 38 m 116 m 57 m
Summer day (hottest month) 25° 24° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -1° 1° -2° -1°
Annual rainfall 824 mm 819 mm 548 mm 654 mm
Best months May–Sep May–Sep May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 290 km 372 km 376 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Places in Landkreis Karlsruhe

32 places
  1. 1 Bruchsal 47.8K
  2. 2 Ettlingen 38.6K
  3. 3 Bretten 30.3K
  4. 4 Stutensee 25.3K
  5. 5 Waghäusel 22.5K
  6. 6 Rheinstetten 21.3K
  7. 7 Pfinztal 18.2K
  8. 8 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 16.8K
  9. 9 Karlsbad 16K
  10. 10 Malsch 14.9K
  11. 11 Kraichtal 14.6K
  12. 12 Waldbronn 13.8K
  13. 13 Philippsburg 13.7K
  14. 14 Bad Schönborn 13.6K
  15. 15 Östringen 13.4K
  16. 16 Ubstadt-Weiher 13.2K
  17. 17 Linkenheim-Hochstetten 12.5K
  18. 18 Graben-Neudorf 12.5K
  19. 19 Oberderdingen 11.7K
  20. 20 Karlsdorf-Neuthard 10.7K
  21. 21 Weingarten (Baden) 10.5K
  22. 22 Walzbachtal 9.9K
  23. 23 Oberhausen-Rheinhausen 9.6K
  24. 24 Forst 8.1K
  25. 25 Dettenheim 6.8K
  26. 26 Kronau 6K
  27. 27 Hambrücken 5.6K
  28. 28 Sulzfeld 5.1K
  29. 29 Marxzell 5K
  30. 30 Gondelsheim 4.2K
  31. 31 Kürnbach 2.4K
  32. 32 Zaisenhausen 1.8K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

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