Skip to content
Geonivora
Village

Oberwesel

Located in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 50°06′00″ N 7°44′00″ E

Oberwesel
Gabriele Delhey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
2,939
2.9K
Elevation
189 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
26
listed under Oberwesel
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport38 km
FRA Frankfurt Main Airport60 km

About Oberwesel

Oberwesel is a village. Location: Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 2,939. Elevation: 189 m.

From Wikipedia

Oberwesel (German pronunciation: [oːbɐˈveːzl̩] ) is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
18.1 km²
Official website
oberwesel.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Oberwesel

  • Damscheid
  • Niederburg
  • Perscheid

Population of Oberwesel over time

Population of Oberwesel over time
1975 4,645
2015 2,834
2017 2,848
2019 2,813
2021 2,813
2022 2,864
2023 2,899
2024 2,939
2025 2,878

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Oberwesel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 56 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -1°)
Wettest month
July (71 mm)
Driest month
February (44 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 Oberwesel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°9°13°18°21°23°23°19°13°8°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°2°4°9°12°13°13°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)504450486466715456585660

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Oberwesel

The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), 38 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Koblenz, 30 km to the north.

Airports

  • Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 38 kmsouthwest
  • Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA) Frankfurt am Main 60 kmeast
  • Mannheim-City Airport (MHG) Mannheim 90 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Koblenz Population: 107.3K 30 kmnorth
  • Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 37 kmeast
  • Mainz Population: 222.9K 41 kmeast
  • Frankfurt am Main Population: 650K 68 kmeast
  • Darmstadt Population: 167K 70 kmeast

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

Day trips from Oberwesel

Within 100 km: 839 historic and cultural sites, 4,116 natural sites, 934 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km413 places

  • Rüdesheimer Aue Island 20 kmSE
  • Zorner Kopf Mountain 14 kmNE
  • Zimmerberg Mountain 22 kmSE
  • Ziegenkopf Mountain 13 kmE

25–60 km1,627 places

  • Aar River 36 kmNE
  • Urbach River 49 kmN
  • Petersaue Island 39 kmE
  • Mariannenaue Island 27 kmE

60–100 km3,849 places

  • Schartenknopf Mountain 99 kmW
  • Sauer River 96 kmSW
  • Weibe River 87 kmN
  • Modau River 61 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Oberwesel

26 places
  1. 1 Oberwesel 3.1K

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

Cities & villages4

Heritage & sights21

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources