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Municipality

Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig

Located in Lower Saxony, Germany Coordinates: 52°17′07″ N 10°32′07″ E

Map showing the location of Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Location in Germany
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
When to go
June–August
See the climate
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 sightseeing

Best 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).

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Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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)463548445269576049474955

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

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 place
  1. 1 Braunschweig 253K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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