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Municipality

Kreis Wesel

Located in Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°38′37″ N 6°38′21″ E

Map showing the location of Kreis Wesel Kreis Wesel
Location in Germany
Population
457,918
457.9K
Elevation
17 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
13
listed under Kreis Wesel
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport35 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport40 km

About Kreis Wesel

Kreis Wesel is a municipality. Location: Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 457,918. Elevation: 17 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (35 km). Nearby sights include Büdericher Insel and Lippe.

Climate of Kreis Wesel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 67 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
June (76 mm)
Driest month
April (45 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 Wesel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°10°14°19°21°23°23°19°14°9°6°
Average low (°C)1°0°3°5°9°12°14°13°11°7°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)634863456476696267616772

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreis Wesel

The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), 35 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Moers, 21 km to the south.

Airports

  • Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 35 kmwest
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 40 kmsouth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 69 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Moers Population: 103.5K 21 kmsouth
  • Bottrop Population: 119.9K 24 kmsoutheast
  • Oberhausen Population: 219.2K 24 kmsoutheast
  • Duisburg Population: 504.4K 25 kmsouth
  • Mülheim Population: 173K 29 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Kreis Wesel

Within 100 km: 341 historic and cultural sites, 770 natural sites, 501 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km166 places

  • Schmales Meer Lake 20 kmNW
  • Millinger Meer Lake 24 kmNW
  • Lange Renne Lake 14 kmNW
  • Kaplanskuhlen Lake 22 kmSW

25–60 km429 places

  • Kasteel Arcen Historic site 37 kmSW
  • Wijlermeer Lake 51 kmW
  • Strang Lake 39 kmNW
  • Halterner Talsperre Lake 42 kmE

60–100 km1,017 places

  • Putjensberg Mountain 95 kmNW
  • Veldhoven Bos Natural site 87 kmSW
  • Varkensbos Natural site 90 kmSW
  • Stokkemderbos Natural site 96 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Kreis Wesel and similar cities

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

Measure Kreis Wesel Duisburg Leipzig Hanover
Population 457.9K 504.4K 505K 515.1K
Elevation 17 m 38 m 116 m 57 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 24° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) 0° 1° -2° -1°
Annual rainfall 757 mm 819 mm 548 mm 654 mm
Best months Jun–Aug May–Sep May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 25 km 399 km 227 km

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

Places in Kreis Wesel

13 places
  1. 1 Moers 101.5K
  2. 2 Dinslaken 67K
  3. 3 Wesel 60.8K
  4. 4 Kamp-Lintfort 38.2K
  5. 5 Voerde (Niederrhein) 35.7K
  6. 6 Rheinberg 31.2K
  7. 7 Neukirchen-Vluyn 27.1K
  8. 8 Hamminkeln 26.9K
  9. 9 Xanten 21.2K
  10. 10 Hünxe 13.6K
  11. 11 Schermbeck 13.5K
  12. 12 Alpen 12.5K
  13. 13 Sonsbeck 8.7K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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