Mountain

Stachelberg

Located in Ruppichteroth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Coordinates: 50°46′52″ N 7°22′38″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 199 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Honscheid; 1.1 km N
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport19 km; DUS Düsseldorf Airport71 km

About Stachelberg

Stachelberg is a mountain. Location: Ruppichteroth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. Elevation: 199 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (19 km). Nearby sights include Giersberg and Krabach.

Climate of Stachelberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 86 mm

Hottest month: July (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night -1°)
Wettest month: December (98 mm)
Driest month: April (64 mm)

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18° 8°

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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 Stachelberg
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°	-1°	1°	3°	8°	11°	12°	12°	9°	6°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	88	67	84	64	74	86	91	70	78	79	86	98

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Stachelberg

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 19 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bonn, 21 km to the west.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 19 kmnorthwest
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 71 kmnorthwest
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 84 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

Bonn Population: 330.6K 21 kmwest
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 29 kmnorthwest
Cologne Population: 1M 35 kmnorthwest
Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 39 kmnorthwest
Remscheid Population: 117.1K 46 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Stachelberg

Within 100 km: 668 historic and cultural sites, 3,864 natural sites, 886 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km217 places

Kemper Werth Island 21 kmW
Wahnbachtalsperre Lake 7 kmNW
Rotter See Lake 19 kmW
Ziegenberg Mountain 14 kmNW

25–60 km1,649 places

Weibe River 36 kmE
Urbach River 31 kmS
Versetalsperre Lake 50 kmNE
Oestertalsperre Lake 53 kmNE

60–100 km3,552 places

Lac d'Eupen Lake 92 kmW
Lac de Robertville Lake 96 kmW
Schartenknopf Mountain 86 kmSW
Roderhöhe Mountain 88 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Honscheid Village, Ruppichteroth
1.1 km N
Bülgenauel Village, Hennef (Sieg)
0.8 km S
Niederhalberg Village, Hennef (Sieg)
1.1 km W
Auel Village, Hennef (Sieg)
1.6 km SW
Litterscheid Village, Ruppichteroth
2.5 km N
Oberauel Village, Hennef (Sieg)
2 km SW

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Giersberg Mountain, Hennef (Sieg)
4.3 km W
Krabach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
2.7 km SE
Naturpark Siebengebirge Natural site, Hennef (Sieg)
4 km SW
Dehrenbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
3 km NW
Steimelberg Mountain, Hennef (Sieg)
5.1 km S
Northeastern Bastion Historic site, Hennef (Sieg)
2.2 km SW
Northern Bastion Historic site, Hennef (Sieg)
2.2 km SW
Dig Tower Landmark, Hennef (Sieg)
2.2 km SW

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Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 5, 2026