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Rhineland-Palatinate

Local name: Rheinland-Pfalz

Located in Germany Coordinates: 49°40′00″ N 7°30′00″ E

Rhineland-Palatinate
Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
4,093,903
4.1M
Elevation
374 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
1,018
listed under Rhineland-Palatinate
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport36 km
SCN Saarbrücken Airport58 km

About Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is a region. Location: Germany. Population: 4,093,903.

From Wikipedia

Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz [ˌʁaɪnlant ˈpfalts] ; Palatine German: Rhoilond-Palz) is a landlocked state in western Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms, and Neuwied.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1946
Area
19,853 km²
Official website
rlp.de

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Rhineland-Palatinate

From Wikivoyage

Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) is a state in southwestern Germany, covering an area of 19,858 km² and home to around 4.1 million people. It is the largest wine-producing area in the country, containing 7 of the 13 official German wine regions, and is densely packed with historic castles, museums, and the vine-covered river valleys of the Rhine and Mosel.

Get in+

By plane:

Rhineland-Palatinate has only one commercial airport with scheduled passenger flights, located in Hahn. Branded Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN IATA), it is primarily used by low-cost carriers. Despite its marketing name, the airport is not near Frankfurt, but rather remote in the Hunsrück low mountain range. Direct bus shuttles connect the airport to major cities in Rhineland-Palatinate and neighboring regions. The airport has no rail connection, and past plans to link it to the train network have been abandoned.

The actual Frankfurt Airport is in the neighbouring Land of Hesse and is Germany's busiest airport with connections all over Europe and the entire world. Direct high-speed and local trains connect the airport to Mainz and Koblenz, where you can change to regional trains and buses to further destinations. Mainz and Koblenz are also served by direct hourly regional trains from Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN IATA) and Düsseldorf Airport (DUS IATA). Some high-speed ICE trains to Koblenz and Mainz also stop at DUS.

Some areas in western Rhineland-Palatinate (Trier, Bitburg) are within reach of Luxembourg Airport (LUX IATA).

By train:

If traveling into Germany by train, Rhineland-Palatinate is easily accessible via several major rail corridors. Frequent high-speed ICE and IC trains, as well as regional lines, connect Cologne and Frankfurt directly to Mainz and Koblenz along the scenic Rhine valley routes. From the south, direct long-distance trains from Stuttgart and Munich run via Mannheim into the southern Palatinate region, providing regular access to Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, and Saarbrücken, with some international connections continuing on to Paris.

By boat:

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Rhineland-Palatinate

Twin towns and sister cities of Rhineland-Palatinate

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

Population of Rhineland-Palatinate over time

Population of Rhineland-Palatinate over time
2013 3,994,000
2014 4,011,582
2018 4,084,844
2022 4,094,169

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Rhineland-Palatinate

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 56 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
May (62 mm)
Driest month
April (43 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 Rhineland-Palatinate
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°12°17°20°22°22°18°12°6°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°1°3°7°10°12°11°8°5°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)484547436262625352595661

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Rhineland-Palatinate

The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), 36 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Saarbrücken, 60 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 36 kmnorthwest
  • Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 58 kmsouthwest
  • Mannheim-City Airport (MHG) Mannheim 76 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Saarbrücken Population: 183K 60 kmsouthwest
  • Trier Population: 100.1K 63 kmwest
  • Mainz Population: 222.9K 66 kmnortheast
  • Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 71 kmnortheast
  • Ludwigshafen am Rhein Population: 163.2K 71 kmeast

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

Places in Rhineland-Palatinate

1,018 places

Cities & villages1

Mountains & nature27

Lakes, rivers & coasts32

Largest cities and towns

  • Neuwied Village, Landkreis Neuwied
    67.1K
  • Germersheim Village, Landkreis Germersheim
    21.7K
  • Mayen Village, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz
    19.7K
  • Alzey Village, Landkreis Alzey-Worms
    19.5K
  • Schifferstadt Village, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
    21.4K
  • Mainz Village, Kreisfreie Stadt Mainz
    224.7K
  • Ludwigshafen am Rhein Village, Kreisfreie Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein
    177.2K
  • Trier City, Trier
    100.1K

Nature and heritage in Rhineland-Palatinate

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources