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Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Coordinates: 54°27′18″ N 13°23′37″ E

Map showing the location of Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
Location in Germany
Population
215,203
215.2K
Elevation
20 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
101
listed under Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HDF Heringsdorf Airport81 km
RLG Rostock-Laage Airport94 km

About Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen is a municipality. Location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Population: 215,203. Elevation: 20 m.

From Wikipedia

Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock. The district seat is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund. Vorpommern-Rügen is characterized by diverse shore line landscapes with many lagoons, beaches and cliff lines, part of them protected in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park and in the Jasmund National Park.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
2011
Area
3,188 km²
Official website
lk-vr.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Climate of Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 53 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
August (68 mm)
Driest month
February (33 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 Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°3°6°10°15°19°21°21°17°12°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°0°2°7°10°12°13°9°6°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)383337374857646856515348

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

The nearest airport is Heringsdorf Airport (HDF), 81 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Rostock, 91 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Heringsdorf Airport (HDF) Zirchow 81 kmsoutheast
  • Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) Laage 94 kmsouthwest
  • Bornholm Airport (RNN) Rønne 111 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Rostock Population: 198.3K 91 kmsouthwest
  • Malmö Population: 362.1K 131 kmnorth
  • Copenhagen Population: 1.2M 146 kmnorth
  • Helsingborg Population: 104.2K 183 kmnorth
  • Lübeck Population: 212.2K 188 kmwest

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

Day trips from Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Within 100 km: 112 historic and cultural sites, 871 natural sites, 342 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km245 places

  • Hiddensee Island 21 kmNW
  • Ummanz Island 14 kmW
  • Vilm Island 17 kmSE
  • Hundestrand Beach 13 kmN

25–60 km355 places

  • Ruden Island 37 kmSE
  • Insel Görmitz Island 59 kmSE
  • Greifswalder Oie Island 41 kmSE
  • Koos Island 32 kmS

60–100 km725 places

  • Usedom Island Island 73 kmSE
  • Falster Island 100 kmNW
  • Wolin Island 94 kmSE
  • Hundestrand Dierhagen Ost Beach 70 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen Lübeck Erfurt Oberhausen
Population 215.2K 212.2K 218.8K 219.2K
Elevation 20 m 16 m 194 m 44 m
Summer day (hottest month) 21° 22° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -2° -2° -2° 1°
Annual rainfall 590 mm 674 mm 584 mm 883 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 188 km 418 km 549 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Places in Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

101 places
  1. 1 Stralsund, Hansestadt 54.1K
  2. 2 Ribnitz-Damgarten 15.3K
  3. 3 Bergen auf Rügen 13.5K
  4. 4 Grimmen 9.1K
  5. 5 Sassnitz 8.9K
  6. 6 Barth 7.6K
  7. 7 Sundhagen 5.1K
  8. 8 Binz 5K
  9. 9 Marlow 4.5K
  10. 10 Putbus 4.4K
  11. 11 Süderholz 3.9K
  12. 12 Zingst 2.8K
  13. 13 Steinhagen 2.5K
  14. 14 Sellin 2.5K
  15. 15 Tribsees 2.5K
  16. 16 Sagard 2.4K
  17. 17 Niepars 2.4K
  18. 18 Ahrenshagen-Daskow 2.2K
  19. 19 Garz 2.2K
  20. 20 Prohn 2.1K
  21. 21 Samtens 2K
  22. 22 Kramerhof 1.9K
  23. 23 Bad Sülze 1.7K
  24. 24 Dierhagen 1.5K
  25. 25 Velgast 1.5K
  26. 26 Saal 1.5K
  27. 27 Göhren 1.3K
  28. 28 Richtenberg 1.3K
  29. 29 Altefähr 1.3K
  30. 30 Mönchgut 1.3K
  31. 31 Franzburg 1.3K
  32. 32 Prerow 1.3K
  33. 33 Gingst 1.2K
  34. 34 Trinwillershagen 1.2K
  35. 35 Wustrow 1.1K
  36. 36 Wittenhagen 1.1K
  37. 37 Preetz 1.1K
  38. 38 Zarrendorf 1.1K
  39. 39 Dranske 1.1K
  40. 40 Dettmannsdorf 1K
  41. 41 Born auf dem Darß 1K
  42. 42 Glowe 977
  43. 43 Altenpleen 963
  44. 44 Poseritz 961
  45. 45 Wiek 961
  46. 46 Baabe 957
  47. 47 Rambin 953
  48. 48 Insel Hiddensee 913
  49. 49 Pantelitz 892
  50. 50 Sehlen 891
  51. 51 Altenkirchen 879
  52. 52 Lüssow 870
  53. 53 Wendorf 867
  54. 54 Fuhlendorf 829
  55. 55 Groß Mohrdorf 773
  56. 56 Dreschvitz 766
  57. 57 Parchtitz 740
  58. 58 Pruchten 730
  59. 59 Wieck a. Darß 698
  60. 60 Elmenhorst 695

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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