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Municipality

Kreis Olpe

Located in Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°06′34″ N 7°58′23″ E

Map showing the location of Kreis Olpe Kreis Olpe
Location in Germany
Population
132,346
132.3K
Elevation
334 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
7
listed under Kreis Olpe
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DTM Dortmund Airport52 km
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport64 km

About Kreis Olpe

Kreis Olpe is a municipality. Location: Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 132,346. Elevation: 334 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Dortmund Airport (52 km). Nearby sights include Repe and Veischedebach.

Climate of Kreis Olpe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 108 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
December (125 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 Kreis Olpe
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°12°17°20°22°21°17°12°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°0°3°7°10°12°11°9°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)1208310273769096798993108125

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreis Olpe

The nearest airport is Dortmund Airport (DTM), 52 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 26 km to the south.

Airports

  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 52 kmnorthwest
  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 64 kmsouthwest
  • Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) Büren 72 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Siegen Population: 107.2K 26 kmsouth
  • Hagen Population: 199K 45 kmnorthwest
  • Remscheid Population: 117.1K 55 kmwest
  • Dortmund Population: 588.5K 57 kmnorthwest
  • Wuppertal Population: 360.8K 60 kmwest

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

Day trips from Kreis Olpe

Within 100 km: 525 historic and cultural sites, 3,814 natural sites, 824 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km501 places

  • Else River 15 kmNW
  • Versetalsperre Lake 22 kmW
  • Oestertalsperre Lake 13 kmNW
  • Lister Talsperre Lake 11 kmW

25–60 km1,736 places

  • Else River 46 kmNW
  • Weibe River 27 kmS
  • Valme River 41 kmNE
  • Ogge River 56 kmE

60–100 km2,926 places

  • Wande River 87 kmNE
  • Erpe River 87 kmNE
  • Ohe River 62 kmSE
  • Naure River 89 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Kreis Olpe and similar cities

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

Measure Kreis Olpe Fürth Würzburg Paderborn
Population 132.3K 132K 133.7K 142.2K
Elevation 334 m 302 m 204 m 118 m
Summer day (hottest month) 22° 25° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -2° -3° -2° -1°
Annual rainfall 1,134 mm 718 mm 659 mm 934 mm
Best months Jun–Aug May–Sep May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 281 km 203 km 87 km

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

Places in Kreis Olpe

7 places
  1. 1 Olpe 24.7K
  2. 2 Lennestadt 24.2K
  3. 3 Attendorn 23.6K
  4. 4 Wenden 19.4K
  5. 5 Finnentrop 17K
  6. 6 Drolshagen 11.9K
  7. 7 Kirchhundem 11.5K

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

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby
  • Repe River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    4.7 km N
  • Veischedebach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    4.8 km NE
  • Elspebach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    5.4 km NE
  • Hoher Wald Mountain, Kreuztal
    10 km S
  • Eichhahn Mountain, Plettenberg
    8.6 km NW
  • Hundembach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    6.5 km E
  • Bigge River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    6.7 km N
  • Silberbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
    6.9 km SE

Sources & licences

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