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Municipality

Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

Located in Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°10′13″ N 7°03′49″ E

Map showing the location of Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen
Location in Germany
Population
165,626
165.6K
Elevation
210 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
1
listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DUS Düsseldorf Airport25 km
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport34 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen is a municipality. Location: Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 165,626. Elevation: 210 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (25 km). Nearby sights include Jaberg and Wenzelnberg.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 99 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
December (110 mm)
Driest month
April (73 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 Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°9°12°18°20°22°22°18°13°8°5°
Average low (°C)0°-1°2°4°8°11°13°13°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)10275957376999584899099110

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), 25 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Solingen, 2 km to the east.

Airports

  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 25 kmnorthwest
  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 34 kmsouth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 54 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Solingen Population: 164.4K 2 kmeast
  • Remscheid Population: 117.1K 9 kmeast
  • Wuppertal Population: 360.8K 11 kmnortheast
  • Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 17 kmsouth
  • Düsseldorf Population: 618.7K 21 kmwest

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

Within 100 km: 500 historic and cultural sites, 2,486 natural sites, 812 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km155 places

  • Neyetalsperre Lake 24 kmE
  • Bevertalsperre Lake 22 kmE
  • Dhünntalsperre Lake 15 kmSE
  • Sengbachtalsperre Lake 7 kmSE

25–60 km851 places

  • Else River 46 kmNE
  • Else River 57 kmE
  • Kemper Werth Island 45 kmS
  • Versetalsperre Lake 43 kmE

60–100 km2,792 places

  • Lac de la Gileppe Lake 100 kmSW
  • Lac d'Eupen Lake 91 kmSW
  • Roderhöhe Mountain 99 kmSW
  • Kodenhüvel Mountain 97 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen and similar cities

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

Measure Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen Osnabrück Solingen Darmstadt
Population 165.6K 166.5K 164.4K 167K
Elevation 210 m 65 m 229 m 148 m
Summer day (hottest month) 22° 22° 22° 25°
Winter night (coldest month) -1° 0° -1° -1°
Annual rainfall 1,087 mm 855 mm 1,087 mm 638 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug May–Sep
Distance — 140 km 2 km 183 km

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

Places in Kreisfreie Stadt Solingen

1 place
  1. 1 Solingen 165.6K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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