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Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Municipality

Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Local name: Trier

Located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Coordinates: 49°46′09″ N 6°40′30″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 104,342; 104.3K
Elevation: 135 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Trier
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: LUX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport37 km; HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport47 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Kreisfreie Stadt Trier is a municipality. Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Population: 104,342. Elevation: 135 m.

From Wikipedia

Trier ( TREER, German: [tʁiːɐ̯] ; Luxembourgish: Tréier [ˈtʀɜɪ̯ɐ] ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( TREV, French: [tʁɛv] ) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the Moselle wine region.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built: 16 BC
Area: 117 km²
Official website: trier.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier Berthold Werner · Public domain

Twin towns and sister cities of Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Pula· Croatia
's-Hertogenbosch· The Netherlands
Fort Worth· United States
Nagaoka Shi· Japan

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

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Trier over time

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Trier over time
1975		100,338
2010		105,260
2014		108,472
2015		114,914
2016		110,111
2017		110,013
2019		110,636
2021		110,570
2022		112,195
2023		112,737
2024		104,342
2025		105,054

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 81 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night 0°)
Wettest month: December (92 mm)
Driest month: April (58 mm)

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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 Kreisfreie Stadt Trier
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	4°	6°	10°	13°	18°	21°	24°	24°	19°	14°	8°	5°
Average low (°C)	0°	0°	2°	5°	9°	12°	14°	13°	10°	7°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	78	65	71	58	72	74	74	61	68	79	81	92

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

The nearest airport is Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX), 37 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Trier, 3 km to the southwest.

Airports

Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) Luxembourg 37 kmsouthwest
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 47 kmnortheast
Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 69 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Trier Population: 100.1K 3 kmsouthwest
Saarbrücken Population: 183K 64 kmsouth
Metz Population: 123.9K 81 kmsouthwest
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 92 kmnortheast
Bonn Population: 330.6K 111 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Trier

Within 100 km: 398 historic and cultural sites, 2,988 natural sites, 752 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km185 places

Sauer River 12 kmW
Zoonenberg Mountain 8 kmN
Steinkopf Mountain 25 kmE
Schneeberg Mountain 22 kmS

25–60 km1,196 places

Steinkopf Mountain 59 kmNW
Kindel Busch Natural site 60 kmW
Grossen Busch Natural site 60 kmW
Eichenbusch Natural site 58 kmNW

60–100 km2,757 places

Étang des Épioux Lake 99 kmW
Lac de Nisramont Lake 84 kmNW
Lac de Robertville Lake 85 kmNW
Mont de la Tour de Coo Mountain 91 kmNW

Straight-line distances.