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Landkreis Gifhorn

Located in Lower Saxony, Germany Coordinates: 52°35′24″ N 10°37′50″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 175,943; 175.9K
Elevation: 63 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 42; listed under Landkreis Gifhorn
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HAJ Hannover Airport66 km; HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport124 km

About Landkreis Gifhorn

Landkreis Gifhorn is a municipality. Location: Lower Saxony, Germany. Population: 175,943. Elevation: 63 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Espenleu and Bösebruch.

Climate of Landkreis Gifhorn

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 54 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night -2°)
Wettest month: June (70 mm)
Driest month: February (40 mm)

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18° 7°

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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 Landkreis Gifhorn
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°	7°	5°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	54	40	50	45	51	70	62	67	51	45	54	61

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Landkreis Gifhorn

The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 66 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Wolfsburg, 21 km to the southeast.

Airports

Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 66 kmwest
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 124 kmnorth
Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 134 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 21 kmsoutheast
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 37 kmsouth
Salzgitter Population: 105K 50 kmsouth
Hanover Population: 515.1K 66 kmwest
Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 85 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Landkreis Gifhorn

Within 100 km: 383 historic and cultural sites, 3,159 natural sites, 752 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km245 places

Wiehe River 21 kmW
Allersee Lake 22 kmSE
Isernhagener See Lake 16 kmN
Waldsee Lake 16 kmSW

25–60 km1,176 places

Schapenbruch Teich Lake 35 kmS
Kreuzteich Lake 36 kmS
Hardausee Lake 34 kmNW
Irenensee Lake 34 kmSW

60–100 km2,873 places

Sundern Natural site 67 kmW
Warnau River 75 kmNW
Schalk River 85 kmS
Sarre River 83 kmSE

Straight-line distances.