Frankfurt am Main
City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Frankfurter Altstadt mit Skyline 2019 (100MP): Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Frankfurt am Main is a city in Germany, in Hesse. About 650,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Germany in our atlas.
It lies at 50.12° N, 8.68° E, about 113 m (371 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Frankfurt am Main. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Frankfurt am Main has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 27°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -3°C (27°F). Around 669 mm (26 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
- Stuttgart · 152 km
- Köln · 153 km
- Dortmund · 178 km
- Düsseldorf · 183 km
- Nuremberg · 185 km
- Essen · 191 km
- Duisburg · 200 km
- Hannover · 261 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2925533 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1794 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Frankfurter Altstadt mit Skyline 2019 (100MP): Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Frankfurt am Main, MesseTurm: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maintower Frankfurt: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Frankfurt Am Main-Westend Tower-Ansicht vom Maintower: Mylius, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Frankfurt Trianon.Süd.20130618: Epizentrum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Roemerberg-ffm-033: Dontworry, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mk Frankfurt Gallusanlage: Michael König (User:Magadan) → Message., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Frankfurt Am Main-Goethe-Haus-Ansicht am Grossen Hirschgraben: Mylius, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
