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Nordhorn

Located in Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony Coordinates: 52°24′54″ N 7°04′36″ E

Nordhorn
Heribert Duling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
56,973
57K
Elevation
26 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
20
listed under Nordhorn
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
FMO Münster Osnabrück Airport52 km
GRQ Groningen Airport Eelde85 km

About Nordhorn

Nordhorn is a village. Location: Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony. Population: 56,973. Elevation: 26 m.

From Wikipedia

Nordhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʁtˌhɔʁn] ; Northern Low Saxon: Nothoorn, or Notthoarn, Netthoarn, and Dutch: Noordhoorn), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim, in the southwest corner of the state, near the border of the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
150 km²
Official website
nordhorn.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Nordhorn

  • Wietmarschen
  • Osterwald

Twin towns and sister cities of Nordhorn

  • Reichenbach im Vogtland· Germany

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

Population of Nordhorn over time

Population of Nordhorn over time
2013 52,298
2016 53,286
2017 53,278
2019 53,403
2021 54,162
2022 55,242
2023 55,619
2024 56,973
2025 57,372

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Nordhorn

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 71 mm

Hottest month
August (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (78 mm)
Driest month
April (46 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 Nordhorn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°9°13°18°20°22°22°18°14°8°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°11°12°12°9°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)704764465577766171677178

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Nordhorn

The nearest airport is Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO), 52 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Enschede, 25 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO) Greven 52 kmsoutheast
  • Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) Groningen 85 kmnorthwest
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 106 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Enschede Population: 153.7K 25 kmsouthwest
  • Münster Population: 308.3K 63 kmsoutheast
  • Zwolle Population: 129.8K 68 kmwest
  • Osnabrück Population: 166.5K 68 kmeast
  • Apeldoorn Population: 136.7K 79 kmwest

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

Day trips from Nordhorn

Within 100 km: 151 historic and cultural sites, 882 natural sites, 461 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km93 places

  • Biener See Lake 23 kmNE
  • Speicherbecken Lake 24 kmNE
  • Vechtesee Lake 2 kmN
  • Blauer See Lake 23 kmE

25–60 km420 places

  • Werse River 59 kmSE
  • Theikenmeer Lake 60 kmNE
  • Sandpoel Lake 57 kmNE
  • Mickelmeer Lake 26 kmE

60–100 km981 places

  • Putjensberg Mountain 74 kmW
  • Ahse River 97 kmSE
  • Goten Lake 75 kmNE
  • Thülsfelder Talsperre Lake 81 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Nordhorn

20 places
  1. 1 Nordhorn 52.8K

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

Cities & villages17

Mountains & nature1

Lakes, rivers & coasts1

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources