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Großer Winterberg

Located in Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz Coordinates: 51°45′38″ N 10°37′28″ E

Großer Winterberg
Steffen Löwe · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
898 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Schierke
2.6 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport90 km
KSF Kassel Airport94 km

About Großer Winterberg

Großer Winterberg is a mountain. Location: Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz. Elevation: 898 m.

From Wikipedia

The Großer Winterberg ("Great Winterberg") is a mountain, 906.4 m above sea level (NN), and a subpeak of the Wurmberg, the highest mountain in the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony in the High Harz of central Germany. The Großer Winterberg rises within the borough of Wernigerode in the county of Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Großer Winterberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 134 mm

Hottest month
August (day 17°)
Coldest month
January (night -6°)
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 Großer Winterberg
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°-1°2°6°12°15°17°17°13°8°3°0°
Average low (°C)-6°-6°-4°-1°4°7°9°8°5°2°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)141101129897911110697101115134160

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Großer Winterberg

The nearest airport is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), 90 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 46 km to the north.

Airports

  • Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 90 kmsouth
  • Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 94 kmsouthwest
  • Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 101 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 46 kmnorth
  • Göttingen Population: 122.1K 54 kmsouthwest
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 57 kmnorth
  • Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 75 kmnorth
  • Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 81 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Großer Winterberg

Within 100 km: 500 historic and cultural sites, 3,876 natural sites, 786 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km585 places

  • Schalk River 15 kmNW
  • Zillerbachtalsperre Lake 11 kmE
  • Talsperre Wendefurth Lake 19 kmE
  • Unter Hahnebalzer Teich Lake 23 kmW

25–60 km1,740 places

  • Sarre River 58 kmNE
  • Bere River 25 kmS
  • Aue River 34 kmN
  • Aue River 27 kmNE

60–100 km2,837 places

  • Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 93 kmSE
  • Wiehe River 93 kmN
  • Ohe River 78 kmNW
  • Frieda River 72 kmSW

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