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Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

Located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Coordinates: 54°18′37″ N 10°07′56″ E

Map showing the location of Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel
Location in Germany
Population
252,668
252.7K
Elevation
5 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
1
listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
LBC Lübeck Blankensee Airport68 km
SGD Sønderborg Airport76 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel is a municipality. Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Population: 252,668. Elevation: 5 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Tröndel See and Struckdieksau.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 76 mm

Hottest month
August (day 21°)
Coldest month
January (night -1°)
Wettest month
July (79 mm)
Driest month
February (45 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 Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°7°11°16°19°21°21°17°13°8°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°1°3°7°10°12°12°9°6°3°0°
Precipitation (mm)714561465271796771747678

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

The nearest airport is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 68 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) (76 km). The nearest large city is Kiel, 1 km to the north.

Airports

  • Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 68 kmsoutheast
  • Sønderborg Airport (SGD) Sønderborg 76 kmnorth
  • Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 76 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Kiel Population: 252.7K 1 kmnorth
  • Lübeck Population: 212.2K 61 kmsoutheast
  • Odense Population: 180.9K 122 kmnorth
  • Bremerhaven Population: 118.6K 132 kmsouthwest
  • Rostock Population: 198.3K 133 kmeast

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

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

Within 100 km: 282 historic and cultural sites, 1,776 natural sites, 1,112 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km423 places

  • Spock River 15 kmS
  • Noer Strand Beach 20 kmNW
  • Hafen Strände Beach 14 kmN
  • Lehmbergstrand Beach 24 kmNW

25–60 km1,204 places

  • Oxbek River 46 kmNW
  • Aubek River 40 kmSW
  • Hundestrand Beach 50 kmSE
  • Strand von Habernis Beach 59 kmNW

60–100 km1,543 places

  • Als Island 76 kmN
  • Fehmarn Island 68 kmE
  • Tåsinge Island 83 kmN
  • Aeroe Island 65 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel Kiel Chemnitz Braunschweig
Population 252.7K 252.7K 247.2K 244.7K
Elevation 5 m 7 m 306 m 72 m
Summer day (hottest month) 21° 21° 24° 23°
Winter night (coldest month) -1° -1° -3° -1°
Annual rainfall 791 mm 791 mm 729 mm 611 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug May–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 1 km 431 km 229 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Places in Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel

1 place
  1. 1 Kiel 252.7K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Nearby attractions & nature

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