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Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Municipality

Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Local name: Cottbus

Located in Brandenburg, Germany Coordinates: 51°45′27″ N 14°19′24″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 95,123; 95.1K
Elevation: 75 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: DRS Dresden Airport79 km; BER Berlin Brandenburg Airport88 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus is a municipality. Location: Brandenburg, Germany. Population: 95,123. Elevation: 75 m.

From Wikipedia

Cottbus (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔtbʊs] ) or Chóśebuz (Lower Sorbian pronunciation: [ˈxɨɕɛbus]) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian settlement area (Serbski sedleński rum) of Lower Lusatia, and is the second-largest city on the River Spree after Berlin, which is situated around 125 km (78 mi) downstream.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 166 km²
Official website: cottbus.de

Source: Wikidata

Twin towns and sister cities of Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Targovishte· Bulgaria
Košice· Slovakia
Nuneaton· United Kingdom

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus over time

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus over time
1990		125,891
2000		108,491
2011		99,974
2012		99,913
2013		99,595
2017		101,036
2019		100,219
2021		98,693
2022		99,515
2023		100,010
2024		95,123
2025		95,140

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 46 mm

Hottest month: August (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -3°)
Wettest month: August (67 mm)
Driest month: February (33 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 Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	9°	13°	19°	22°	24°	24°	19°	14°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-2°	1°	3°	8°	11°	13°	13°	9°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	39	33	40	36	57	57	65	67	49	39	46	46

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

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 79 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 89 km to the southwest.

Airports

Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 79 kmsouthwest
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) Berlin 88 kmnorthwest
Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) Nowe Kramsko 110 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Dresden Population: 564.9K 89 kmsouthwest
Berlin Population: 3.4M 106 kmnorthwest
Potsdam Population: 184.8K 112 kmnorthwest
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 141 kmsouthwest
Leipzig Population: 505K 143 kmwest

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus

Within 100 km: 244 historic and cultural sites, 1,235 natural sites, 717 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km124 places

Wergteich Lake 17 kmSW
Waldsee Lake 20 kmNW
Unterteich Lake 13 kmNE
Unterteich Lake 7 kmW

25–60 km593 places

Lutzke River 33 kmNE
Buschteich Lake 39 kmS
Obersee Lake 37 kmS
Meierei-See Lake 44 kmNW

60–100 km1,479 places

Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 93 kmS
Vosí vrch Mountain 97 kmS
Dahme River River 92 kmNW
Kalisch See Lake 81 kmN

Straight-line distances.