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Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Located in Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hesse Coordinates: 50°38′58″ N 8°21′55″ E

Map showing the location of Lahn-Dill-Kreis Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Location in Germany
Population
253,439
253.4K
Elevation
351 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
23
listed under Lahn-Dill-Kreis
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
FRA Frankfurt Main Airport71 km
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport90 km

About Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill-Kreis is a municipality. Location: Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hesse. Population: 253,439. Elevation: 351 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (71 km). Nearby sights include Forst Herborn and Stippbach.

Climate of Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 63 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night -3°)
Wettest month
December (73 mm)
Driest month
April (48 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 Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°13°18°20°23°22°18°12°6°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-3°0°3°7°10°12°11°8°4°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)614958486267645257616373

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Lahn-Dill-Kreis

The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 71 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 35 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA) Frankfurt am Main 71 kmsouth
  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 90 kmwest
  • Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) Büren 109 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Siegen Population: 107.2K 35 kmnorthwest
  • Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 63 kmsouth
  • Frankfurt am Main Population: 650K 64 kmsouth
  • Koblenz Population: 107.3K 65 kmsouthwest
  • Offenbach Population: 119.2K 67 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Within 100 km: 673 historic and cultural sites, 4,951 natural sites, 818 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km444 places

  • Lumda River 23 kmE
  • Krombachtalsperre Lake 17 kmW
  • Zinnberg Mountain 13 kmSW
  • Zimberg Mountain 17 kmSW

25–60 km1,929 places

  • Weibe River 43 kmNW
  • Ohe River 28 kmNE
  • Liese River 56 kmN
  • Felda River 49 kmE

60–100 km4,069 places

  • Else River 73 kmNW
  • Valme River 79 kmN
  • Ogge River 70 kmN
  • Modau River 93 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Lahn-Dill-Kreis and similar cities

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

Measure Lahn-Dill-Kreis Kiel Chemnitz Mönchengladbach
Population 253.4K 252.7K 247.2K 261.7K
Elevation 351 m 7 m 306 m 57 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 21° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -3° -1° -3° 0°
Annual rainfall 715 mm 791 mm 729 mm 737 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 426 km 323 km 148 km

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

Places in Lahn-Dill-Kreis

23 places
  1. 1 Wetzlar 54.7K
  2. 2 Dillenburg 23K
  3. 3 Herborn 20.4K
  4. 4 Haiger 18.9K
  5. 5 Aßlar 14.5K
  6. 6 Solms 13.6K
  7. 7 Braunfels 11K
  8. 8 Hüttenberg 10.6K
  9. 9 Eschenburg 9.8K
  10. 10 Ehringshausen 9.4K
  11. 11 Lahnau 8.2K
  12. 12 Schöffengrund 6.6K
  13. 13 Greifenstein 6.6K
  14. 14 Sinn 6.5K
  15. 15 Leun 5.7K
  16. 16 Dietzhölztal 5.3K
  17. 17 Driedorf 5.1K
  18. 18 Hohenahr 4.9K
  19. 19 Waldsolms 4.7K
  20. 20 Mittenaar 4.6K
  21. 21 Breitscheid 4.5K
  22. 22 Bischoffen 3.2K
  23. 23 Siegbach 2.5K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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