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Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

Located in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria Coordinates: 49°25′36″ N 11°52′37″ E

Map showing the location of Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach
Location in Germany
Population
103,982
104K
Elevation
377 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
27
listed under Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach
When to go
May–September
See the climate
Airports
NUE Nuremberg Airport58 km
KLV Karlovy Vary Airport114 km

About Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach is a municipality. Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Population: 103,982. Elevation: 377 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Nuremberg Airport (58 km). Nearby sights include Militerspitalgasse Defensive Wall and Bastei Defensive Wall.

Climate of Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 57 mm

Hottest month
July (day 24°)
Coldest month
January (night -4°)
Wettest month
July (86 mm)
Driest month
April (47 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 Amberg-Sulzbach
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°3°9°13°19°22°24°24°19°13°6°2°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°0°3°8°11°13°12°9°5°0°-2°
Precipitation (mm)594952476784867158595767

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

How to get to Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

The nearest airport is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), 58 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Regensburg, 49 km to the south.

Airports

  • Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 58 kmwest
  • Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 114 kmnortheast
  • Munich Airport (MUC) Munich 120 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Regensburg Population: 151.4K 49 kmsouth
  • Nuremberg Population: 515.5K 58 kmwest
  • Fürth Population: 132K 65 kmwest
  • Erlangen Population: 102.7K 66 kmwest
  • Ingolstadt Population: 120.7K 81 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

Within 100 km: 814 historic and cultural sites, 2,587 natural sites, 546 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km330 places

  • Thundorfer Weiher Lake 24 kmE
  • Schleifweiher Lake 22 kmN
  • Mühlweiher Lake 24 kmN
  • Moosweiher Lake 13 kmN

25–60 km1,323 places

  • Spitzelberg Mountain 34 kmNW
  • Stollenberg Mountain 36 kmW
  • Deckersberg Mountain 31 kmW
  • Český Les Mountain 52 kmNE

60–100 km2,294 places

  • Waldstadion Weismain Landmark 86 kmNW
  • Biber-Revier River 85 kmE
  • Bohemian Forest Mountain 95 kmSE
  • Welles Weiher Lake 71 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach and similar cities

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

Measure Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach Moers Gera Jena
Population 104K 103.5K 104.7K 104.7K
Elevation 377 m 29 m 203 m 149 m
Summer day (hottest month) 24° 24° 24° 24°
Winter night (coldest month) -4° 1° -2° -2°
Annual rainfall 756 mm 770 mm 602 mm 644 mm
Best months May–Sep Jun–Sep Jun–Sep May–Sep
Distance — 435 km 162 km 168 km

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

Places in Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

27 places
  1. 1 Sulzbach-Rosenberg 19.4K
  2. 2 Kümmersbruck 9.8K
  3. 3 Auerbach i.d.OPf. 8.8K
  4. 4 Vilseck 6.4K
  5. 5 Hirschau 5.7K
  6. 6 Hahnbach, Markt 5K
  7. 7 Schnaittenbach 4.3K
  8. 8 Freudenberg 4.1K
  9. 9 Ursensollen 3.8K
  10. 10 Poppenricht 3.4K
  11. 11 Rieden, Markt 2.6K
  12. 12 Kastl, Markt 2.6K
  13. 13 Freihung, Markt 2.5K
  14. 14 Neukirchen b.Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2.5K
  15. 15 Ebermannsdorf 2.4K
  16. 16 Schmidmühlen, Markt 2.3K
  17. 17 Ensdorf 2.2K
  18. 18 Illschwang 2.1K
  19. 19 Ammerthal 2.1K
  20. 20 Edelsfeld 2K
  21. 21 Birgland 1.8K
  22. 22 Hohenburg, Markt 1.8K
  23. 23 Königstein, Markt 1.7K
  24. 24 Etzelwang 1.4K
  25. 25 Weigendorf 1.2K
  26. 26 Hirschbach 1.2K
  27. 27 Gebenbach 852

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

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