Essen
City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Essen is a city in Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. About 593,085 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Germany in our atlas.
It lies at 51.46° N, 7.01° E, about 83 m (272 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Essen. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Essen 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.
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
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
- Duisburg · 17 km
- Düsseldorf · 31 km
- Dortmund · 32 km
- Köln · 58 km
- Frankfurt am Main · 188 km
- Hannover · 214 km
- Bremen · 218 km
- Hamburg · 311 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2928810 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Villa Hügel in Essen: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aalto-Theater-Abends-02-2014: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Schloss-Borbeck-Komplettansicht-Sonnenuntergang-2012: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grillo-Theater-2012: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Townhall-Essen-2012: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grugapark Essen: Wiki05, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kennedyplatz, Essen 06: Wiki05, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
