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Kreis Kleve

Located in Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°37′41″ N 6°13′45″ E

Map showing the location of Kreis Kleve Kreis Kleve
Location in Germany
Population
322,018
322K
Elevation
18 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
16
listed under Kreis Kleve
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport7 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport53 km

About Kreis Kleve

Kreis Kleve is a municipality. Location: Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 322,018. Elevation: 18 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (7 km). Nearby sights include Mühlenfleuth and Große Ley.

Climate of Kreis Kleve

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 65 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
June (72 mm)
Driest month
April (43 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 Kreis Kleve
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°10°13°18°21°23°23°19°14°9°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°11°13°13°10°7°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)614661436272675865616569

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreis Kleve

The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), 7 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Venlo, 29 km to the south.

Airports

  • Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 7 kmsouthwest
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 53 kmsoutheast
  • Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 63 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Venlo Population: 102K 29 kmsouth
  • Moers Population: 103.5K 34 kmsoutheast
  • Nijmegen Population: 177.4K 35 kmnorthwest
  • Krefeld Population: 238K 40 kmsoutheast
  • Duisburg Population: 504.4K 43 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Kreis Kleve

Within 100 km: 348 historic and cultural sites, 571 natural sites, 432 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km106 places

  • Kasteel Arcen Historic site 18 kmS
  • Strang Lake 24 kmN
  • Schmales Meer Lake 21 kmNE
  • Millinger Meer Lake 22 kmNE

25–60 km349 places

  • Itterbeek River 58 kmSW
  • Witbeek River 59 kmSW
  • Wijlermeer Lake 29 kmNW
  • Schrolik Lake 31 kmS

60–100 km896 places

  • Putjensberg Mountain 87 kmN
  • Schemersberg Mountain 90 kmSW
  • Sacramentsberg Mountain 98 kmSW
  • Kaaienberg Mountain 96 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Kreis Kleve and similar cities

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

Measure Kreis Kleve Bonn Bielefeld Münster
Population 322K 330.6K 331.9K 308.3K
Elevation 18 m 64 m 111 m 64 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 24° 23° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) 0° 0° -1° -1°
Annual rainfall 730 mm 717 mm 833 mm 768 mm
Best months Jun–Aug May–Sep Jun–Aug Jun–Aug
Distance — 116 km 165 km 103 km

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

Places in Kreis Kleve

16 places
  1. 1 Kleve 53K
  2. 2 Geldern 35K
  3. 3 Goch 34.9K
  4. 4 Emmerich am Rhein 31.8K
  5. 5 Kevelaer 28.3K
  6. 6 Rees 21.9K
  7. 7 Straelen 16.5K
  8. 8 Kalkar 14.5K
  9. 9 Bedburg-Hau 13.6K
  10. 10 Kerken 13.2K
  11. 11 Weeze 12.8K
  12. 12 Issum 12.4K
  13. 13 Kranenburg 11.3K
  14. 14 Wachtendonk 8.2K
  15. 15 Uedem 8.2K
  16. 16 Rheurdt 6.4K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby
  • Mühlenfleuth River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    1.1 km N
  • Große Ley River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    2.7 km E
  • Ottersgraben River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    2.7 km NW
  • Laarbruch Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
    3.6 km SW
  • Leygraben River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    4 km SW
  • Hees Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
    6.3 km SW
  • Waterforth River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    6.8 km SE
  • Dikkenberg Mountain, Bergen Municipality
    11 km SW

Sources & licences

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