Luxembourg
Capital of Luxembourg: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Luxembourg City Hall (54540726309): Pierre Blaché from Paris, France, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Luxembourg is the capital of Luxembourg. About 76,684 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Luxembourg in our atlas.
It lies at 49.61° N, 6.13° E, about 259 m (850 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Luxembourg time zone.
Location
Red dot: Luxembourg. Green dots: other major cities of Luxembourg. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Luxembourg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (28°F). Around 770 mm (30 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 LuxembourgNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2960316 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1842 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Luxembourg City Hall (54540726309): Pierre Blaché from Paris, France, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palacio Gran Ducal de Luxemburgo: EEJCC, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mudam 04 jnl: Jean-noël Lafargue, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Luxembourg, villa Louvigny: GilPe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Luxembourg Kirchberg A De Gasperi 01: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Villa Vauban Luxembourg 02: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Historisches Museum der Stadt Luxemburg 8325-026: Michael Kramer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Luxembourg City Bock and G-D-Charlotte bridge 2013-08: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
