Duisburg

City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

Overview

Duisburg is a city in Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. About 504,358 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Germany in our atlas.

It lies at 51.43° N, 6.77° E, about 38 m (125 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.

Location

Red dot: Duisburg. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Duisburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (75°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (30°F). Around 842 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.

4°-1°Jan846°-1°Feb6710°1°Mar6115°4°Apr4519°8°May6522°12°Jun6824°14°Jul7823°13°Aug8220°10°Sep6215°6°Oct679°3°Nov775°0°Dec86mm

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

Landmarks and places to see

Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Schauinsland-Reisen-ArenaFootball (soccer) stadium in Duisburg, Germany
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Landschaftspark Duisburg-NordPark in Duisburg, Germany
Wedaustadion
WedaustadionStadium in Duisburg
Museum Küppersmühle
Museum KüppersmühleMuseum in Germany
Port of Duisburg
Port of DuisburgLargest inlandport in the World
Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films
Museum zur Vorgeschichte des FilmsMuseum
Schloss Broich
Schloss BroichCastle
Theater Duisburg
Theater DuisburgOpera house in Duisburg, one of the venues of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in GermanyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits
  • Germany duisburg wedau-stadion: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Duisburg, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Hochofen 2 -- 2016 -- 1115: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Unversiade DU89 01: Kernec, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Museum Küppersmühle Duisburg - Silos: Raymond - Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Duisburg - Dammstraße - Vinckekanal - Pegel (Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke) 01 ies: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Mülheim an der Ruhr, Camera Obscura, 2011-03 CN-01: kaʁstn Disk/Cat, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Schloss Broich 0504: Docfeelgood, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Stadttheater Duisburg 2008 (2851): Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)