Village

Merken

Located in Düren, Kreis Düren Coordinates: 50°50′45″ N 6°25′25″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 109 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: MST Maastricht Aachen Airport47 km; CGN Cologne Bonn Airport51 km

About Merken

Merken is a village. Location: Düren, Kreis Düren. Elevation: 109 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (47 km). Nearby sights include Mühlenbach and Lucherberger See.

Climate of Merken

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 61 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: July (72 mm)
Driest month: February (50 mm)

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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 Merken
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	5°	6°	10°	13°	18°	21°	23°	23°	19°	14°	9°	6°
Average low (°C)	0°	0°	3°	4°	9°	11°	13°	13°	10°	7°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	54	50	56	50	68	70	72	67	58	55	61	61

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Merken

The nearest airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), 47 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aachen, 25 km to the west.

Airports

Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) Maastricht 47 kmwest
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 51 kmeast
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 55 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Aachen Population: 265.2K 25 kmwest
Mönchengladbach Population: 261.7K 38 kmnorth
Cologne Population: 1M 38 kmeast
Neuss Population: 152.5K 43 kmnortheast
Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 44 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Merken

Within 100 km: 492 historic and cultural sites, 2,091 natural sites, 928 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km155 places

Iterbach River 21 kmSW
Rurtalsperre Lake 23 kmS
Kalltalsperre Lake 24 kmS
Lucherberger See Lake 3 kmW

25–60 km1,077 places

Île Monsin Island 59 kmW
Île de Franche Garenne Island 55 kmW
Lac de la Gileppe Lake 42 kmSW
Lac d'Eupen Lake 34 kmSW

60–100 km2,279 places

Île du Moulin Island 66 kmSW
Lac de Nisramont Lake 95 kmSW
Wetsberg Mountain 100 kmW
Mont de la Tour de Coo Mountain 63 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Mühlenbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
1.2 km NE
Lucherberger See Lake, North Rhine-Westphalia
3 km W
Lamersdorf Pfarrkirche St. Cornelius Attraction, Inden
5 km W
Schlichbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
4.4 km N
Wehbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
4.8 km W
Forst Hambach Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
6.1 km N