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Municipality

Kreis Mettmann

Located in Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°14′52″ N 6°58′48″ E

Map showing the location of Kreis Mettmann Kreis Mettmann
Location in Germany
Population
490,910
490.9K
Elevation
143 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
10
listed under Kreis Mettmann
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DUS Düsseldorf Airport16 km
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport44 km

About Kreis Mettmann

Kreis Mettmann is a municipality. Location: Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 490,910. Elevation: 143 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (16 km). Nearby sights include Sandberg and Neandertal.

Climate of Kreis Mettmann

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 79 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
June (88 mm)
Driest month
February (60 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 Mettmann
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°9°13°18°20°22°22°18°14°8°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°9°11°13°13°10°7°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)806077607088827375737988

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreis Mettmann

The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), 16 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Solingen, 11 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 16 kmwest
  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 44 kmsouth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 53 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Solingen Population: 164.4K 11 kmsoutheast
  • Wuppertal Population: 360.8K 12 kmeast
  • Düsseldorf Population: 618.7K 14 kmwest
  • Remscheid Population: 117.1K 17 kmsoutheast
  • Neuss Population: 152.5K 21 kmwest

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

Day trips from Kreis Mettmann

Within 100 km: 461 historic and cultural sites, 2,080 natural sites, 773 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km166 places

  • Margaretensee Lake 23 kmNW
  • Bertasee Lake 23 kmNW
  • Barbarasee Lake 22 kmNW
  • Baldeneysee Lake 18 kmN

25–60 km758 places

  • Else River 46 kmNE
  • Kemper Werth Island 54 kmS
  • Versetalsperre Lake 50 kmE
  • Halterner Talsperre Lake 58 kmN

60–100 km2,390 places

  • Lac d'Eupen Lake 93 kmSW
  • Hohe Mark Mountain 98 kmSW
  • Dickelt Mountain 99 kmSW
  • Vrouwenbos Natural site 99 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Kreis Mettmann and similar cities

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

Measure Kreis Mettmann Duisburg Leipzig Hanover
Population 490.9K 504.4K 505K 515.1K
Elevation 143 m 38 m 116 m 57 m
Summer day (hottest month) 22° 24° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) 0° 1° -2° -1°
Annual rainfall 905 mm 819 mm 548 mm 654 mm
Best months Jun–Aug May–Sep May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 25 km 376 km 227 km

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

Places in Kreis Mettmann

10 places
  1. 1 Ratingen 89.4K
  2. 2 Velbert 82.5K
  3. 3 Langenfeld (Rheinland) 60K
  4. 4 Hilden 55.2K
  5. 5 Erkrath 43.7K
  6. 6 Monheim am Rhein 43.6K
  7. 7 Mettmann 39.5K
  8. 8 Haan 30.1K
  9. 9 Heiligenhaus 26.3K
  10. 10 Wülfrath 20.7K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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