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Borken

Located in Kreis Borken, Regierungsbezirk Münster Coordinates: 51°51′05″ N 6°51′58″ E

Map showing the location of Borken Borken
Location in Germany
Population
43,035
43K
Elevation
46 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
13
listed under Borken
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport57 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport63 km

About Borken

Borken is a village. Location: Kreis Borken, Regierungsbezirk Münster. Population: 43,035. Elevation: 46 m.

From Wikipedia

Borken (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔʁkn̩] ; Westphalian: Buorken) is a town and the capital of the district of the same name, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
153 km²
Official website
borken.de

Source: Wikidata

Twin towns and sister cities of Borken

  • Albertslund· Denmark
  • Whitstable· United Kingdom
  • Grabow· Germany

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Borken over time

Population of Borken over time
1975 30,212
2015 42,272
2017 42,509
2019 42,530
2021 42,974
2022 43,489
2023 43,589
2024 43,035
2025 43,170

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Borken

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 73 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (79 mm)
Driest month
February (50 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).

Show values as a table
Climate of Borken
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°9°13°18°21°23°22°18°14°9°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°11°13°12°10°7°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)705067506377736575667379

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Borken

The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), 57 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Recklinghausen, 35 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 57 kmsouthwest
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 63 kmsouth
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 64 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Recklinghausen Population: 122.4K 35 kmsoutheast
  • Bottrop Population: 119.9K 37 kmsouth
  • Enschede Population: 153.7K 41 kmnorth
  • Oberhausen Population: 219.2K 42 kmsouth
  • Gelsenkirchen Population: 270K 42 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Borken

Within 100 km: 281 historic and cultural sites, 907 natural sites, 518 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km108 places

  • Waldbeerenberg Mountain 20 kmSE
  • Vogelberg Mountain 24 kmE
  • Tiglersberg Mountain 15 kmSW
  • Tannenbültenberg Mountain 6 kmE

25–60 km463 places

  • Werse River 60 kmE
  • Strang Lake 48 kmW
  • Halterner Talsperre Lake 27 kmSE
  • Schmales Meer Lake 32 kmW

60–100 km1,135 places

  • Putjensberg Mountain 85 kmNW
  • Kasteel Arcen Historic site 63 kmSW
  • Else River 67 kmSE
  • Else River 98 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Borken

13 places
  1. 1 Borken 40.9K

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

Cities & villages11

Mountains & nature1

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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