Nuremberg
City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Nuremberg is a city in Germany, in Bavaria. About 515,543 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Germany in our atlas.
It lies at 49.45° N, 11.08° E, about 300 m (984 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nuremberg. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nuremberg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (24°F). Around 707 mm (28 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
- Munich · 151 km
- Stuttgart · 156 km
- Frankfurt am Main · 188 km
- Leipzig · 229 km
- Dresden · 261 km
- Hannover · 338 km
- Köln · 340 km
- Dortmund · 347 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2861650 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q116874675 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nürnberg Burg ArM: ArtMechanic, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Albrecht-Dürer-Haus - Tiergärtnerplatz - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02033: Daderot, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tiergarten Nuernberg Eingang: Creando, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ópera, Núremberg, Alemania, 2013-03-16, DD 02: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Neues Museum Nuernberg-1: Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nuernberg Nassauer Haus UP: Tobias Bär, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2024 Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmal Pellerhaus(Nürnberg): Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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