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Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Coordinates: 52°40′00″ N 11°12′00″ E

Map showing the location of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
Location in Germany
Population
79,980
80K
Elevation
41 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
13
listed under Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HAJ Hannover Airport105 km
LBC Lübeck Blankensee Airport131 km

About Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a municipality. Location: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Population: 79,980. Elevation: 41 m.

From Wikipedia

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Gifhorn, Uelzen, Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts of Stendal and Börde (district).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1994
Area
2,293 km²
Official website
altmarkkreis-salzwedel.de

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 43 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
July (62 mm)
Driest month
February (33 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 Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°13°19°21°23°23°19°13°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°1°3°8°11°13°12°9°5°2°-1°
Precipitation (mm)423340384958625343404348

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 105 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Wolfsburg, 39 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 105 kmwest
  • Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 131 kmnorth
  • Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 134 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 39 kmsouthwest
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 64 kmsouthwest
  • Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 66 kmsoutheast
  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 78 kmsouthwest
  • Hanover Population: 515.1K 105 kmwest

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

Day trips from Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Within 100 km: 384 historic and cultural sites, 2,841 natural sites, 702 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km200 places

  • Zißberg Mountain 8 kmSW
  • Wasserberg Mountain 6 kmSE
  • Trappenberg Mountain 12 kmSW
  • Steinberg Mountain 24 kmSE

25–60 km1,023 places

  • Zollau Lake 60 kmSE
  • Wilckensee Lake 49 kmN
  • Vorderbrack Lake 51 kmNE
  • Taube Elbe Lake 51 kmNE

60–100 km2,704 places

  • Wiehe River 60 kmW
  • Sarre River 75 kmS
  • Ehle River 62 kmSE
  • Ehle River 87 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Arnsberg Detmold Bayreuth
Population 80K 74.9K 73.7K 72.9K
Elevation 41 m 295 m 135 m 338 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 21° 22° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -2° -2° -1° -3°
Annual rainfall 549 mm 1,046 mm 969 mm 810 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug
Distance — 257 km 178 km 304 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Places in Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

13 places
  1. 1 Salzwedel 23K
  2. 2 Gardelegen 21.8K
  3. 3 Klötze 9.7K
  4. 4 Kalbe (Milde) 7K
  5. 5 Arendsee (Altmark) 6.2K
  6. 6 Beetzendorf 2.9K
  7. 7 Diesdorf, Flecken 2.1K
  8. 8 Apenburg-Winterfeld, Flecken 1.7K
  9. 9 Jübar 1.5K
  10. 10 Dähre 1.3K
  11. 11 Kuhfelde 1K
  12. 12 Rohrberg 964
  13. 13 Wallstawe 815

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

Nearby attractions & nature

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