Municipality

Kreis Soest

Located in Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 51°34′01″ N 8°12′16″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 300,297; 300.3K
Elevation: 137 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 14; listed under Kreis Soest
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: PAD Paderborn Lippstadt Airport29 km; DTM Dortmund Airport41 km

About Kreis Soest

Kreis Soest is a municipality. Location: Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 300,297. Elevation: 137 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (29 km). Nearby sights include Wiemeke and Brandholz.

Photos of Kreis Soest

Fürstenberg Bubo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Kreis Soest

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 76 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: July (90 mm)
Driest month: April (52 mm)

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9° 1°

13° 3°

18° 7°

20° 10°

23° 12°

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18° 9°

14° 5°

8° 2°

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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 Soest
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	5°	5°	9°	13°	18°	20°	23°	23°	18°	14°	8°	5°
Average low (°C)	-1°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	11°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	73	57	70	52	70	78	90	81	69	66	76	79

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreis Soest

The nearest airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD), 29 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Hamm, 29 km to the northwest.

Airports

Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) Büren 29 kmeast
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 41 kmwest
Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO) Greven 72 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Hamm Population: 179K 29 kmnorthwest
Paderborn Population: 142.2K 42 kmnortheast
Dortmund Population: 588.5K 52 kmwest
Hagen Population: 199K 56 kmsouthwest
Bielefeld Population: 331.9K 57 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Kreis Soest

Within 100 km: 296 historic and cultural sites, 3,451 natural sites, 805 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km248 places

Möhne Reservoir Lake 11 kmSW
Zuhangeberg Mountain 25 kmSW
Wennemer Höhe Mountain 21 kmS
Püsterberg Mountain 14 kmSE

25–60 km1,480 places

Else River 47 kmW
Else River 44 kmSW
Valme River 26 kmSE
Ogge River 53 kmSE

60–100 km2,824 places

Wande River 66 kmE
Erpe River 66 kmE
Werse River 63 kmNW
Weibe River 80 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Kreis Soest and similar cities

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

Measure	Kreis Soest	Augsburg	Mannheim	Münster
Population	300.3K	301.1K	308K	308.3K
Elevation	137 m	489 m	100 m	64 m
Summer day (hottest month)	23°	23°	25°	23°
Winter night (coldest month)	-2°	-4°	-1°	-1°
Annual rainfall	861 mm	852 mm	669 mm	768 mm
Best months	Jun–Aug	Jun–Aug	May–Sep	Jun–Aug
Distance	—	405 km	232 km	59 km

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

Places in Kreis Soest

14 places

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

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Wiemeke River, North Rhine-Westphalia
5.9 km NE
Brandholz Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
6.9 km SW
Wöstegraben River, North Rhine-Westphalia
7.4 km N
Güllergrund Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
12 km E
Schledde River, North Rhine-Westphalia
10 km NW
Rosenaue River, North Rhine-Westphalia
10 km NW
Trotzbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
10 km N
Hamelsberg Mountain, Arnsberg
16 km SW