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Melle

Located in Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony Coordinates: 52°11′52″ N 8°20′20″ E

Melle
Melle_City-4.jpg : * Melle_City.JPG : T. E. Ryen derivative work: Parzi · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
46,436
46.4K
Elevation
81 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
110
listed under Melle
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
FMO Münster Osnabrück Airport45 km
PAD Paderborn Lippstadt Airport68 km

About Melle

Melle is a village. Location: Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. Population: 46,436. Elevation: 81 m.

From Wikipedia

Melle (German: [ˈmɛlə] ) is a city in the Osnabrück district of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city corresponds to what used to be the district of Melle until regional territorial reform in 1972. Since then, Melle is the third largest city in Lower Saxony in terms of surface area.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
254 km²
Official website
melle.info

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Melle

  • Bad Essen
  • Dissen am Teutoburger Wald
  • Bissendorf

Twin towns and sister cities of Melle

  • Jēkabpils· Latvia
  • New Melle· United States
  • Niğde· Turkey
  • Sint-Denijs-Westrem· Belgium

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

Population of Melle over time

Population of Melle over time
2013 45,844
2016 46,228
2017 46,451
2019 46,493
2021 46,732
2022 47,228
2023 47,387
2024 46,436
2025 46,396

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Melle

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 69 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
December (81 mm)
Driest month
April (51 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 Melle
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°8°12°18°20°22°23°18°13°8°5°
Average low (°C)0°-1°2°4°8°11°13°13°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)745268516080706671676981

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Melle

The nearest airport is Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO), 45 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Osnabrück, 21 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO) Greven 45 kmwest
  • Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) Büren 68 kmsouth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 91 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Osnabrück Population: 166.5K 21 kmnorthwest
  • Bielefeld Population: 331.9K 23 kmsoutheast
  • Münster Population: 308.3K 55 kmsouthwest
  • Paderborn Population: 142.2K 60 kmsoutheast
  • Hamm Population: 179K 68 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Melle

Within 100 km: 244 historic and cultural sites, 2,269 natural sites, 768 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km186 places

  • Wiehen Hills Mountain 24 kmNE
  • Schwarzer Brink Mountain 13 kmNE
  • Schmeichler Berg Mountain 22 kmE
  • Reineberg Mountain 23 kmNE

25–60 km767 places

  • Werse River 49 kmW
  • Grimke River 55 kmSE
  • Norder Teich Lake 59 kmSE
  • Kleines Heiliges Meer Lake 51 kmW

60–100 km2,328 places

  • Valme River 93 kmS
  • Ohe River 94 kmE
  • Naure River 91 kmSE
  • Elpe River 92 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Places in Melle

110 places
  1. 1 Melle 46.4K
  2. 2 Neuenkirchen 4.6K

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

Cities & villages49

Mountains & nature9

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources