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Mountain

Gitterkopf

Located in Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz Coordinates: 51°49′00″ N 10°35′00″ E

Map showing the location of Gitterkopf Gitterkopf
Location in Germany
Elevation
682 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Brockenhaus
3 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
KSF Kassel Airport94 km
HAJ Hannover Airport94 km

About Gitterkopf

Gitterkopf is a mountain. Location: Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz. Elevation: 682 m. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (94 km). Nearby sights include Abbenstein and Kleiner Brocken.

Climate of Gitterkopf

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 134 mm

Hottest month
August (day 18°)
Coldest month
January (night -5°)
Wettest month
December (160 mm)
Driest month
May (79 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).

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Climate of Gitterkopf
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°4°8°14°16°18°18°14°10°4°2°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-2°0°5°8°10°10°7°3°-1°-3°
Precipitation (mm)141101129897911110697101115134160

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Gitterkopf

The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (KSF), 94 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 40 km to the north.

Airports

  • Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 94 kmsouthwest
  • Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 94 kmnorthwest
  • Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 97 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 40 kmnorth
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 50 kmnorth
  • Göttingen Population: 122.1K 55 kmsouthwest
  • Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 69 kmnorth
  • Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 80 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Gitterkopf

Within 100 km: 477 historic and cultural sites, 3,849 natural sites, 799 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km604 places

  • Schalk River 11 kmW
  • Aue River 23 kmNE
  • Zillerbachtalsperre Lake 14 kmE
  • Talsperre Wendefurth Lake 24 kmE

25–60 km1,685 places

  • Sarre River 58 kmE
  • Bere River 32 kmS
  • Aue River 30 kmNE
  • Tietal Lake 47 kmE

60–100 km2,836 places

  • Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 100 kmSE
  • Wiehe River 86 kmN
  • Ohe River 72 kmNW
  • Frieda River 77 kmSW

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