Mountain

Issel

Located in Nentershausen, Westerwaldkreis Coordinates: 50°25′00″ N 7°56′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 295 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Nentershausen; 0 km N
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: FRA Frankfurt Main Airport62 km; HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport71 km

About Issel

Issel is a mountain. Location: Nentershausen, Westerwaldkreis. Elevation: 295 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Kurze Issel and Girnkopf.

Climate of Issel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 77 mm

Hottest month: July (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night -3°)
Wettest month: December (86 mm)
Driest month: August (57 mm)

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18° 7°

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18° 8°

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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 Issel
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	9°	13°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-3°	0°	3°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	5°	1°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	73	61	72	59	67	76	75	57	67	72	77	86

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Issel

The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 62 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Koblenz, 26 km to the west.

Airports

Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA) Frankfurt am Main 62 kmsoutheast
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 71 kmsouthwest
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 75 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Koblenz Population: 107.3K 26 kmwest
Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 43 kmsoutheast
Siegen Population: 107.2K 51 kmnorth
Mainz Population: 222.9K 54 kmsoutheast
Frankfurt am Main Population: 650K 63 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Issel

Within 100 km: 801 historic and cultural sites, 4,241 natural sites, 880 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km372 places

Aar River 7 kmSE
Dreifelder Weiher Lake 21 kmN
Wiesensee Lake 20 kmN
Höhr Mountain 20 kmSW

25–60 km1,933 places

Weibe River 52 kmN
Lumda River 60 kmNE
Urbach River 30 kmNW
Rüdesheimer Aue Island 49 kmS

60–100 km3,617 places

Else River 90 kmN
Ohe River 68 kmNE
Modau River 77 kmSE
Liese River 92 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Nentershausen Village, Nentershausen
<0.1 km N
Eppenrod Village, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
1.3 km S
Görgeshausen Village, Görgeshausen
1.2 km E
Eppenrod Village, Eppenrod
1.4 km S
Görgeshausen Village, Westerwaldkreis
1.8 km SE
Dreikirchen Village, Dreikirchen
2.2 km NE

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Kurze Issel Mountain, Eppenrod
1.3 km SE
Girnkopf Mountain, Eppenrod
1.7 km SW
Dörnberg Mountain, Eppenrod
2 km SW
Wellerstein Mountain, Nentershausen
2.3 km N
Aussick Mountain, Eppenrod
2.5 km S
Löwenstein Mountain, Görgeshausen
2.5 km SE
Blickerstein Mountain, Hirschberg
3.1 km S
Eichheider Berg Mountain, Nomborn
3.2 km W

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Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 11, 2026 · 2 independent sources