Municipality

Landkreis Hof

Located in Upper Franconia, Bavaria Coordinates: 50°16′59″ N 11°51′22″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 91,582; 91.6K
Elevation: 581 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 28; listed under Landkreis Hof
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport76 km; ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport100 km

About Landkreis Hof

Landkreis Hof is a municipality. Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria. Population: 91,582. Elevation: 581 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (76 km). Nearby sights include Sendemast Hof and Untreusee.

Climate of Landkreis Hof

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 64 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: January (night -5°)
Wettest month: July (90 mm)
Driest month: February (52 mm)

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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).

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Climate of Landkreis Hof
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	2°	6°	11°	17°	19°	21°	21°	17°	11°	5°	2°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-2°	1°	6°	9°	11°	10°	7°	3°	-1°	-3°
Precipitation (mm)	66	52	58	53	62	81	90	78	58	62	64	80

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Landkreis Hof

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 76 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Gera, 68 km to the north.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 76 kmeast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 100 kmnorthwest
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 104 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Gera Population: 104.7K 68 kmnorth
Jena Population: 104.7K 74 kmnorth
Erfurt Population: 218.8K 97 kmnorthwest
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 98 kmnortheast
Erlangen Population: 102.7K 98 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Landkreis Hof

Within 100 km: 772 historic and cultural sites, 3,718 natural sites, 704 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km322 places

Schwanensee Lake 19 kmN
Talsperre Pirk Lake 24 kmNE
Obere Saaletalsperre Lake 23 kmNW
Großer Teich Lake 18 kmN

25–60 km1,574 places

Waldstadion Weismain Landmark 48 kmSW
Pláň Mountain 57 kmE
Zipfelteich Lake 36 kmN
Wüster Teich Lake 25 kmNE

60–100 km3,298 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 93 kmNW
Spitzelberg Mountain 86 kmS
Stollenberg Mountain 88 kmS
Deckersberg Mountain 93 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Landkreis Hof and similar cities

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

Measure	Landkreis Hof	Tübingen	Giessen	Schwerin
Population	91.6K	92.3K	89.2K	96.6K
Elevation	581 m	333 m	162 m	48 m
Summer day (hottest month)	21°	24°	24°	23°
Winter night (coldest month)	-5°	-2°	-1°	-2°
Annual rainfall	804 mm	754 mm	681 mm	628 mm
Best months	Jun–Aug	Jun–Sep	Jun–Aug	Jun–Aug
Distance	—	282 km	228 km	374 km

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

Places in Landkreis Hof

28 places

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

Heritage & sights1

Ruine Hirschstein · Historic site

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sendemast Hof Landmark, Hof
3.6 km N
Untreusee Lake, Hof
3.8 km E
Hof-Moschendorf Concentration Camp Historic site, Hof
5.7 km E
Lerchenberg Mountain, Hof
6 km N
Ölsnitz River, Bavaria
5.5 km E
Pfaffenholz Natural site, Bavaria
6.4 km S
Schwesnitz River, Bavaria
5.9 km E
Krebsbach River, Bavaria
6.3 km NE