Village

Sand

Located in Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Coordinates: 50°42′46″ N 7°18′53″ E

Wolkenkratzer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 234 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport21 km; DUS Düsseldorf Airport75 km

About Sand

Sand is a village. Location: Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. Elevation: 234 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (21 km). Nearby sights include Heisternbusch and Hühner-Berg.

Photos of Sand

Ölender Leit · CC BY-SA 4.0
Löwenburg barit · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jungfernhardt Lukas Beck · CC BY 4.0
Großer Ölberg Tohma · Public domain

Climate of Sand

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 -2°)
Wettest month: July (86 mm)
Driest month: February (53 mm)

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9° 1°

13° 3°

18° 7°

21° 10°

23° 12°

18° 9°

13° 5°

8° 2°

5° 0°

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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 Sand
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	4°	5°	9°	13°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	8°	5°
Average low (°C)	-1°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	67	53	68	55	71	83	86	65	68	66	69	76

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Sand

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 21 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bonn, 16 km to the west.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 21 kmnorthwest
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 75 kmnorthwest
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 85 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Bonn Population: 330.6K 16 kmwest
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 33 kmnorthwest
Cologne Population: 1M 36 kmnorthwest
Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 42 kmnorthwest
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 44 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Sand

Within 100 km: 668 historic and cultural sites, 3,787 natural sites, 910 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km242 places

Kemper Werth Island 17 kmW
Wahnbachtalsperre Lake 11 kmN
Rotter See Lake 18 kmNW
Ziegenberg Mountain 17 kmNW

25–60 km1,682 places

Olef River 60 kmW
Weibe River 43 kmNE
Urbach River 27 kmSE
Hatzenporter Werth Island 55 kmS

60–100 km3,441 places

Lac de la Gileppe Lake 95 kmW
Lac d'Eupen Lake 86 kmW
Lac de Robertville Lake 89 kmW
Steinkopf Mountain 99 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Heisternbusch Natural site, Königswinter
2.2 km S
Hühner-Berg Mountain, Königswinter
2.5 km S
Eulen-Berg Mountain, Hennef (Sieg)
3.5 km E
Grafenbusch Natural site, Königswinter
3.6 km SW
Großer Ölberg Mountain, Königswinter
5.8 km SW
Kleiner Ölberg Mountain, Königswinter
5.4 km SW