Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Located in Lower Saxony, Germany Coordinates: 52°17′07″ N 10°32′07″ E
- Population
- 252,962
- 253K
- Elevation
- 75 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 1
- listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
- Airports
- HAJ Hannover Airport61 km
- KSF Kassel Airport125 km
About Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig is a municipality. Location: Lower Saxony, Germany. Population: 252,962. Elevation: 75 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (61 km). Nearby sights include Staatsforst Sophiental and Buchhorst.
Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 49 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -1°)
- Wettest month
- June (69 mm)
- Driest month
- February (35 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 46 | 35 | 48 | 44 | 52 | 69 | 57 | 60 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 55 |
How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 61 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Braunschweig, 2 km to the south.
Airports
- Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 61 kmwest
- Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 125 kmsouthwest
- Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 145 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 2 kmsouth
- Salzgitter Population: 105K 16 kmsouthwest
- Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 22 kmnortheast
- Hanover Population: 515.1K 55 kmwest
- Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 77 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Within 100 km: 412 historic and cultural sites, 3,592 natural sites, 761 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km221 places
- Schapenbruch Teich Lake 3 kmE
- Kreuzteich Lake 3 kmSE
- Wehnser See Lake 24 kmNW
- Reihersee Lake 25 kmSW
25–60 km1,454 places
- Wiehe River 35 kmNW
- Schalk River 51 kmS
- Ohe River 58 kmW
- Aue River 32 kmSE
60–100 km3,090 places
- Sundern Natural site 81 kmNW
- Warnau River 90 kmNW
- Sarre River 66 kmSE
- Leine River 80 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig and similar cities
Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.
| Measure | Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig | Kiel | Chemnitz | Braunschweig |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 253K | 252.7K | 247.2K | 244.7K |
| Elevation | 75 m | 7 m | 306 m | 72 m |
| Summer day (hottest month) | 23° | 21° | 24° | 23° |
| Winter night (coldest month) | -1° | -1° | -3° | -1° |
| Annual rainfall | 611 mm | 791 mm | 729 mm | 611 mm |
| Best months | Jun–Aug | Jun–Aug | May–Sep | Jun–Aug |
| Distance | — | 228 km | 231 km | 2 km |
Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.
Places in Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
1 placeBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Staatsforst Sophiental Natural site, Lower Saxony4.1 km NE
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Buchhorst Natural site, Lower Saxony4.9 km SE
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Sandbach River, Lower Saxony4.7 km E
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Piene Natural site, Lower Saxony6.9 km NE
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Timmerlaher Busch Natural site, Lower Saxony7 km SW
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Lindenberg Mountain, Salzgitter11 km S -
Schunter River, Lower Saxony9.2 km NW
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Heinebecksberg Mountain, Wolfenbüttel9.9 km S
Sources & licences
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