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Mountain

Hochstein

Located in Königshain, Landkreis Görlitz Coordinates: 51°11′42″ N 14°50′06″ E

Hochstein
Elfmeterschiessen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
406 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Königshain
2.6 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DRS Dresden Airport75 km
IEG Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport124 km

About Hochstein

Hochstein is a mountain. Location: Königshain, Landkreis Görlitz. Elevation: 406 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Fürsten Scheffel Stein and Kaiserberg.

Climate of Hochstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 50 mm

Hottest month
August (day 22°)
Coldest month
January (night -4°)
Wettest month
July (77 mm)
Driest month
February (37 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 Hochstein
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°2°6°11°17°20°22°22°17°12°5°2°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-1°2°6°10°11°11°8°4°0°-3°
Precipitation (mm)463742466666777550465053

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Hochstein

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 75 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 78 km to the west.

Airports

  • Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 75 kmwest
  • Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) Nowe Kramsko 124 kmnortheast
  • Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 128 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Dresden Population: 564.9K 78 kmwest
  • Prague Population: 1.2M 127 kmsouth
  • Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 140 kmwest
  • Leipzig Population: 505K 173 kmwest
  • Berlin Population: 3.4M 177 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Hochstein

Within 100 km: 180 historic and cultural sites, 1,224 natural sites, 282 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km164 places

  • Speicherbecken Quitzdorf Lake 10 kmNW
  • Großteich Lake 13 kmNW
  • Bannerteich Lake 11 kmNW
  • Malena Lake 19 kmW

25–60 km525 places

  • Vosí vrch Mountain 46 kmSW
  • Jastrzębiec Mountain 59 kmSE
  • Buschteich Lake 36 kmNW
  • Obersee Lake 38 kmNW

60–100 km997 places

  • Erzgebirge Mountain 79 kmSW
  • Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 67 kmSW
  • Lysá Mountain 73 kmS
  • Tvarožník Mountain 66 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

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