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Mountain

Taufstein

Located in Rosenbach, Landkreis Görlitz Coordinates: 51°04′13″ N 14°44′21″ E

Map showing the location of Taufstein Taufstein
Location in Germany
Elevation
350 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Herwigsdorf
0.8 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DRS Dresden Airport68 km
PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague113 km

About Taufstein

Taufstein is a mountain. Location: Rosenbach, Landkreis Görlitz. Elevation: 350 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Katzenberg and Hirschberg.

Climate of Taufstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 53 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -4°)
Wettest month
July (89 mm)
Driest month
February (41 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 Taufstein
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°2°7°12°18°20°22°23°18°12°6°2°
Average low (°C)-4°-3°0°3°7°10°12°11°8°5°1°-2°
Precipitation (mm)484148447472898956495355

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Taufstein

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 68 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 70 km to the west.

Airports

  • Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 68 kmwest
  • Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 113 kmsouth
  • Pardubice Airport (PED) Pardubice 137 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Dresden Population: 564.9K 70 kmwest
  • Prague Population: 1.2M 112 kmsouth
  • Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 130 kmwest
  • Leipzig Population: 505K 168 kmwest
  • Berlin Population: 3.4M 186 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Taufstein

Within 100 km: 185 historic and cultural sites, 1,303 natural sites, 251 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km225 places

  • Speicherbecken Quitzdorf Lake 23 kmN
  • Bannerteich Lake 24 kmN
  • Malena Lake 14 kmNW
  • Ziegelberg Mountain 15 kmW

25–60 km559 places

  • Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 57 kmW
  • Lysá Mountain 59 kmS
  • Vosí vrch Mountain 31 kmSW
  • Jastrzębiec Mountain 58 kmE

60–100 km955 places

  • Erzgebirge Mountain 68 kmW
  • Tvarožník Mountain 63 kmSE
  • Hořidla Mountain 68 kmSW
  • Bielec Mountain 88 kmE

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