Neighbourhood

Buchforst

Located in Cologne, Cologne, Urban District Coordinates: 50°57′03″ N 7°00′21″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 7,177; 7.2K
Elevation: 50 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport14 km; DUS Düsseldorf Airport41 km

About Buchforst

Buchforst is a neighbourhood. Location: Cologne, Cologne, Urban District. Population: 7,177. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (14 km). Nearby sights include bridge Hohenzollern and Zoo Cologne.

Photos of Buchforst

Herkules-Berg Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
Zoo Cologne Neuwieser · CC BY-SA 2.0
Schloß Rötten Nicola · CC BY-SA 4.0
bridge Hohenzollern Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
Colonius Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Buchforst

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 65 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: June (86 mm)
Driest month: February (50 mm)

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10° 3°

14° 5°

19° 9°

21° 12°

24° 14°

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19° 10°

14° 7°

9° 3°

6° 2°

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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 Buchforst
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	5°	7°	10°	14°	19°	21°	24°	24°	19°	14°	9°	6°
Average low (°C)	0°	0°	3°	5°	9°	12°	14°	13°	10°	7°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	63	50	65	54	70	86	85	67	70	63	65	72

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Buchforst

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 14 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cologne, 4 km to the southwest.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 14 kmsoutheast
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 41 kmnorthwest
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 76 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Cologne Population: 1M 4 kmsouthwest
Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 9 kmnorth
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 10 kmnortheast
Bonn Population: 330.6K 25 kmsouth
Solingen Population: 164.4K 25 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Buchforst

Within 100 km: 542 historic and cultural sites, 2,979 natural sites, 886 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km186 places

Kemper Werth Island 21 kmS
Liblarer See Lake 19 kmSW
Dhünntalsperre Lake 20 kmNE
Sengbachtalsperre Lake 22 kmNE

25–60 km1,118 places

Olef River 55 kmSW
Versetalsperre Lake 54 kmNE
Urfttalsperre Lake 57 kmSW
Schönwasser Lake 52 kmNW

60–100 km3,103 places

Île de Franche Garenne Island 97 kmW
Lac de la Gileppe Lake 82 kmSW
Lac d'Eupen Lake 74 kmSW
Lac de Robertville Lake 84 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

bridge Hohenzollern Landmark, Cologne
3 km W
Zoo Cologne Attraction, Cologne
2.5 km W
Museum Ludwig Museum, Cologne
3.4 km W
Strunderbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
0.9 km E
Köln-Deutz Concentration Camp (SS-Baubrigade III) Historic site, Cologne
2.5 km SW
Romano-Germanic Museum Museum, Cologne
3.5 km W