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Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

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Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Local name: Halle (Saale)

Located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Coordinates: 51°28′53″ N 11°59′08″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 226,767; 226.8K
Elevation: 110 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Halle
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport18 km; ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport91 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Kreisfreie Stadt Halle is a municipality. Location: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Population: 226,767. Elevation: 110 m.

From Wikipedia

Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (German pronunciation: [ˈhalə] ), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, and Magdeburg, and is Germany's 31st-largest city. With around 226,000 inhabitants, Halle is less populous than the state capital, Magdeburg. With Leipzig, Saxony's second largest city, Halle forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle conurbation.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 135 km²
Official website: halle.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Moritzburg DerHallenser · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places bordering Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Saalekreis

Twin towns and sister cities of Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Linz· Austria
Oulu· Finland
Karlsruhe· Germany
Savannah· United States

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

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Halle over time

Population of Kreisfreie Stadt Halle over time
2010		232,963
2015		236,991
2016		238,005
2017		239,173
2019		239,257
2021		238,061
2022		242,083
2023		242,172
2024		226,767
2025		226,186

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 42 mm

Hottest month: August (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -2°)
Wettest month: July (72 mm)
Driest month: February (28 mm)

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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 Kreisfreie Stadt Halle
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	9°	13°	19°	21°	24°	24°	19°	14°	8°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	4°	8°	11°	13°	13°	10°	6°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	29	28	36	33	54	50	72	58	44	32	42	38

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 18 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Halle, 1 km to the west.

Airports

Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 18 kmeast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 91 kmsouthwest
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 130 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Halle Population: 237.9K 1 kmwest
Leipzig Population: 505K 31 kmsoutheast
Gera Population: 104.7K 67 kmsouth
Jena Population: 104.7K 67 kmsouthwest
Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 76 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Halle

Within 100 km: 534 historic and cultural sites, 2,090 natural sites, 644 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km147 places

Rabeninsel Island 4 kmSW
Süßer See Lake 22 kmW
Kerrnersee Lake 17 kmW
Hufeisensee Lake 3 kmSE

25–60 km927 places

Ehle River 57 kmNW
Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 51 kmSE
Vogtlandsee Lake 32 kmE
Steinsee Lake 45 kmN

60–100 km2,194 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 72 kmSW
Sprotte River 68 kmSE
Sarre River 71 kmNW
Roda River 72 kmS

Straight-line distances.