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Village

Gnandstein

Located in Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig Coordinates: 51°01′09″ N 12°34′29″ E

Gnandstein
Geisler Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
185 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport51 km
DRS Dresden Airport85 km

About Gnandstein

Gnandstein is a village. Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig. Elevation: 185 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (51 km). Nearby sights include Gnandstein, Burgkapelle and Gnandstein, Ortskirche.

Climate of Gnandstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 57 mm

Hottest month
July (day 24°)
Coldest month
January (night -3°)
Wettest month
July (92 mm)
Driest month
April (34 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 Gnandstein
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°3°8°14°19°22°24°23°19°14°8°4°
Average low (°C)-3°-2°1°4°8°11°13°13°10°6°2°-1°
Precipitation (mm)403845346155927659425747

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

How to get to Gnandstein

The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 51 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Chemnitz, 32 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 51 kmnorthwest
  • Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 85 kmeast
  • Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 94 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 32 kmsoutheast
  • Gera Population: 104.7K 38 kmsouthwest
  • Leipzig Population: 505K 38 kmnorth
  • Halle Population: 237.9K 66 kmnorthwest
  • Jena Population: 104.7K 70 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gnandstein

Within 100 km: 463 historic and cultural sites, 2,332 natural sites, 638 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km145 places

  • Sprotte River 14 kmSW
  • Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 15 kmNW
  • Pleiße Stausee Lake 22 kmNW
  • Ziegenberg Mountain 14 kmSE

25–60 km1,042 places

  • Weidatalsperre Lake 55 kmSW
  • Vogtlandsee Lake 51 kmN
  • Sachswitzer Stausee Lake 51 kmSW
  • Talsperre Pöhl Lake 60 kmSW

60–100 km2,246 places

  • Erzgebirge Mountain 88 kmE
  • Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 93 kmW
  • Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 97 kmE
  • Stoličná Mountain 83 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

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