Landkreis Kaiserslautern
Located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Coordinates: 49°27′23″ N 7°40′21″ E
- Population
- 106,343
- 106.3K
- Elevation
- 267 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 50
- listed under Landkreis Kaiserslautern
- Airports
- SCN Saarbrücken Airport49 km
- MHG Mannheim-City Airport61 km
About Landkreis Kaiserslautern
Landkreis Kaiserslautern is a municipality. Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Population: 106,343. Elevation: 267 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Saarbrücken Airport (49 km). Nearby sights include Reichs Wald and Dickheck.
Photos of Landkreis Kaiserslautern
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Heiligenberg Leiflive · CC BY-SA 4.0
Climate of Landkreis Kaiserslautern
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 65 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- December (74 mm)
- Driest month
- April (49 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -2° | 1° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 56 | 54 | 56 | 49 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 62 | 54 | 64 | 65 | 74 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Landkreis Kaiserslautern
The nearest airport is Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), 49 km to the southwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) (62 km). The nearest large city is Saarbrücken, 54 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 49 kmsouthwest
- Mannheim-City Airport (MHG) Mannheim 61 kmeast
- Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 62 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Saarbrücken Population: 183K 54 kmsouthwest
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein Population: 163.2K 56 kmeast
- Mannheim Population: 308K 58 kmeast
- Karlsruhe Population: 283.8K 73 kmsoutheast
- Mainz Population: 222.9K 73 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Landkreis Kaiserslautern
Within 100 km: 777 historic and cultural sites, 3,235 natural sites, 735 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km432 places
- Gelterswoog Lake 7 kmS
- Ziegelberg Mountain 22 kmW
- Wasserstein Mountain 10 kmS
- Sulzberg Mountain 10 kmE
25–60 km1,738 places
- Friesenheimer Insel Island 57 kmE
- Insel Flotzgrün Island 59 kmE
- Otterstadter Altrhein Lake 58 kmE
- Angelhofer Altrhein Lake 60 kmE
60–100 km2,577 places
- Sauer River 89 kmW
- Elsenz River 82 kmE
- Rench River 89 kmS
- Modau River 70 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Landkreis Kaiserslautern and similar cities
Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.
| Measure | Landkreis Kaiserslautern | Bergisch Gladbach | Siegen | Koblenz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 106.3K | 106.2K | 107.2K | 107.3K |
| Elevation | 267 m | 98 m | 272 m | 75 m |
| Summer day (hottest month) | 23° | 23° | 23° | 25° |
| Winter night (coldest month) | -2° | 0° | -2° | -1° |
| Annual rainfall | 737 mm | 810 mm | 1,016 mm | 786 mm |
| Best months | Jun–Sep | Jun–Aug | Jun–Aug | May–Sep |
| Distance | — | 174 km | 160 km | 100 km |
Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.
Places in Landkreis Kaiserslautern
50 places- 1 Landstuhl 8.3K
- 2 Bruchmühlbach-Miesau 8K
- 3 Ramstein Air Base 7.6K
- 4 Enkenbach-Alsenborn 7.2K
- 5 Otterberg 5.3K
- 6 Hochspeyer 4.7K
- 7 Weilerbach 4.5K
- 8 Otterbach 4K
- 9 Hütschenhausen 3.9K
- 10 Mehlingen 3.9K
- 11 Rodenbach 3.3K
- 12 Trippstadt 2.8K
- 13 Queidersbach 2.7K
- 14 Kindsbach 2.5K
- 15 Steinwenden 2.5K
- 16 Bann 2.2K
- 17 Mackenbach 2.1K
- 18 Katzweiler 1.9K
- 19 Niederkirchen 1.9K
- 20 Schopp 1.5K
- 21 Reichenbach-Steegen 1.5K
- 22 Niedermohr 1.5K
- 23 Martinshöhe 1.4K
- 24 Kottweiler-Schwanden 1.3K
- 25 Stelzenberg 1.2K
- 26 Hauptstuhl 1.2K
- 27 Linden 1.2K
- 28 Krickenbach 1.2K
- 29 Schwedelbach 1.1K
- 30 Sembach 1.1K
- 31 Mehlbach 1.1K
- 32 Olsbrücken 1K
- 33 Neuhemsbach 954
- 34 Frankenstein 907
- 35 Schallodenbach 861
- 36 Fischbach 789
- 37 Erzenhausen 749
- 38 Mittelbrunn 727
- 39 Hirschhorn/Pfalz 723
- 40 Lambsborn 694
- 41 Heiligenmoschel 614
- 42 Schneckenhausen 576
- 43 Kollweiler 500
- 44 Eulenbis 480
- 45 Oberarnbach 439
- 46 Sulzbachtal 433
- 47 Waldleiningen 394
- 48 Frankelbach 327
- 49 Langwieden 270
- 50 Gerhardsbrunn 161
Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Reichs Wald Natural site, Rhineland-Palatinate1.3 km SW
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Dickheck Natural site, Rhineland-Palatinate2.1 km E
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Haderwald Natural site, Rhineland-Palatinate3.3 km SE
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Einsiedler Köpfe Mountain, Kaiserslautern3.7 km S
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Bruchbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate3.8 km NW
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Kohlkopf Mountain, Kaiserslautern4.2 km S
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Rotenberg Mountain, Kaiserslautern3.6 km NE
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Risch Bach River, Rhineland-Palatinate4 km NW
Sources & licences
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