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Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Located in Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 50°45′31″ N 7°15′49″ E

Map showing the location of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Location in Germany
Population
605,441
605.4K
Elevation
170 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
19
listed under Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport15 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport69 km

About Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a municipality. Location: Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 605,441. Elevation: 170 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (15 km). Nearby sights include Hanfbach and Lauterbach.

Climate of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 69 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
July (86 mm)
Driest month
February (53 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 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°6°9°13°18°21°23°23°19°14°8°6°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°1°4°8°11°13°12°9°6°2°1°
Precipitation (mm)675368557183866568666976

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 15 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bonn, 12 km to the west.

Airports

  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 15 kmnorthwest
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 69 kmnorthwest
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 88 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Bonn Population: 330.6K 12 kmwest
  • Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 27 kmnorth
  • Cologne Population: 1M 29 kmnorthwest
  • Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 36 kmnorthwest
  • Remscheid Population: 117.1K 47 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Within 100 km: 620 historic and cultural sites, 3,690 natural sites, 898 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km223 places

  • Kemper Werth Island 13 kmW
  • Wahnbachtalsperre Lake 7 kmN
  • Rotter See Lake 12 kmNW
  • Ziegenberg Mountain 11 kmNW

25–60 km1,613 places

  • Olef River 58 kmW
  • Weibe River 45 kmE
  • Urbach River 33 kmSE
  • Versetalsperre Lake 56 kmNE

60–100 km3,372 places

  • Lac de la Gileppe Lake 92 kmW
  • Lac d'Eupen Lake 84 kmW
  • Lac de Robertville Lake 88 kmSW
  • Steinkopf Mountain 99 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis and similar cities

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

Measure Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Stuttgart Essen Düsseldorf
Population 605.4K 612.7K 593.1K 618.7K
Elevation 170 m 252 m 83 m 42 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 24° 23° 24°
Winter night (coldest month) -1° -2° 0° 1°
Annual rainfall 827 mm 744 mm 967 mm 788 mm
Best months Jun–Aug May–Sep Jun–Aug Jun–Sep
Distance — 259 km 80 km 62 km

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

Places in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

19 places
  1. 1 Troisdorf 75.9K
  2. 2 Sankt Augustin 56.5K
  3. 3 Bornheim 48.2K
  4. 4 Hennef (Sieg) 48.2K
  5. 5 Siegburg 42.4K
  6. 6 Königswinter 40.6K
  7. 7 Niederkassel 38.5K
  8. 8 Lohmar 31K
  9. 9 Rheinbach 26.9K
  10. 10 Bad Honnef 25.1K
  11. 11 Meckenheim 24.9K
  12. 12 Alfter 23.7K
  13. 13 Wachtberg 20.5K
  14. 14 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid 20.3K
  15. 15 Windeck 19.6K
  16. 16 Eitorf 19.2K
  17. 17 Swisttal 18.6K
  18. 18 Much 14.6K
  19. 19 Ruppichteroth 10.9K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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