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Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Municipality

Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Local name: Wolfsburg

Located in Lower Saxony, Germany Coordinates: 52°25′25″ N 10°46′33″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 129,560; 129.6K
Elevation: 65 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HAJ Hannover Airport74 km; HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport144 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg is a municipality. Location: Lower Saxony, Germany. Population: 129,560. Elevation: 65 m.

From Wikipedia

Wolfsburg (German: [ˈvɔlfsbʊʁk] ; Eastphalian: Wulfsborg) is the fifth-largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies on the river Aller, 75 kilometres (47 mi) east of Hanover and 230 kilometres (143 mi) west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's headquarters and, until it was overtaken by Tesla Gigafactory Texas in 2022, the world's biggest car plant.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built: 1938
Area: 205 km²
Official website: wolfsburg.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg-Laagberg Concentration Camp Axel Hindemith · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places bordering Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Calberlah
Danndorf
Lehre

Twin towns and sister cities of Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Puebla· Mexico
Toyohashi· Japan

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

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg over time

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg over time
2011		120,889
2013		122,457
2015		125,550
2016		125,309
2017		125,244
2018		125,408
2019		125,555
2021		123,949
2022		125,961
2023		127,256
2024		129,560
2025		129,813

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

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 -2°)
Wettest month: June (67 mm)
Driest month: February (37 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 Wolfsburg
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)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	8°	11°	13°	12°	9°	6°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	47	37	47	43	52	67	59	62	48	44	49	55

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 74 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Wolfsburg, 1 km to the southeast.

Airports

Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 74 kmwest
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 144 kmnorth
Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 147 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 1 kmsoutheast
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 24 kmsouthwest
Salzgitter Population: 105K 39 kmsouthwest
Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 67 kmsoutheast
Hanover Population: 515.1K 71 kmwest

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg

Within 100 km: 426 historic and cultural sites, 3,288 natural sites, 769 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km202 places

Schapenbruch Teich Lake 21 kmSW
Kreuzteich Lake 22 kmSW
Allersee Lake 3 kmE
Waldsee Lake 18 kmW

25–60 km1,121 places

Wiehe River 35 kmNW
Aue River 42 kmS
Aue River 49 kmS
Hardausee Lake 55 kmNW

60–100 km3,160 places

Sundern Natural site 84 kmNW
Warnau River 93 kmNW
Schalk River 70 kmS
Sarre River 63 kmSE

Straight-line distances.