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Romano-Germanic Museum

Local name: Römisch-Germanisches Museum

Located in Cologne, Cologne, Urban District Coordinates: 50°56′26″ N 6°57′30″ E

Romano-Germanic Museum
Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Cologne
1 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Elevation
62 m
above sea level
When to go
May–September
See the climate
Airports
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport15 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport41 km

About Romano-Germanic Museum

Romano-Germanic Museum is a museum. Location: Cologne, Cologne, Urban District.

From Wikipedia

The Romano-Germanic Museum (RGM, in German: Römisch-Germanisches Museum) is an archaeological museum in Cologne, Germany. It has a large collection of Roman artifacts from the Roman settlement of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, on which modern Cologne is built. The museum protects the original site of a Roman town villa, from which a large Dionysus mosaic remains in its original place in the basement, and the related Roman Road just outside. In this respect the museum is an archaeological site.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1946
Opened
1961
Visitors per year
181,009 (2017)
Official website
roemisch-germanisches-museum.de

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Romano-Germanic Museum

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 60 mm

Hottest month
August (day 24°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
June (79 mm)
Driest month
February (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).

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Climate of Romano-Germanic Museum
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°7°10°14°19°21°23°24°19°15°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°3°5°9°12°14°14°11°7°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)564658526679786664566064

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

How to get to Romano-Germanic Museum

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 15 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cologne, 1 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 15 kmsoutheast
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 41 kmnorth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 79 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Cologne Population: 1M 1 kmsouthwest
  • Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 10 kmnorth
  • Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 13 kmeast
  • Bonn Population: 330.6K 25 kmsoutheast
  • Solingen Population: 164.4K 27 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Romano-Germanic Museum

Within 100 km: 536 historic and cultural sites, 2,914 natural sites, 885 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km189 places

  • Kemper Werth Island 21 kmSE
  • Liblarer See Lake 16 kmSW
  • Dhünntalsperre Lake 23 kmNE
  • Sengbachtalsperre Lake 24 kmNE

25–60 km1,099 places

  • Iterbach River 59 kmSW
  • Olef River 52 kmSW
  • Versetalsperre Lake 58 kmNE
  • Urfttalsperre Lake 53 kmSW

60–100 km3,047 places

  • Île Monsin Island 98 kmW
  • Île de Franche Garenne Island 94 kmW
  • Lac de la Gileppe Lake 79 kmSW
  • Lac d'Eupen Lake 70 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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