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Saarbrücken

General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.996,Lat: 49.2363
Elevation	219 meter above sea level
Local time	2:52:53am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Regionalverband Saarbrücken
Name Stadt	Saarbrücken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saarbrücken:Brebach	4.5 km	SouthEast
2 Saarbrücken:Scheidt	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Saarbrücken:Unner	5.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Spicheren	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Saarbrücken:Dudweiler	5.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	76 km	NorthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	257 km	South
3 Brussel	Belgium	261 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Diefenbach (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 3.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 15%, hill: 85%, The hills are mainly southern orientated.The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 8.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.9 km2

43.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

6.4 km2

8.1%

Urban area

33.1 km2

42.2%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saarbrücken in country Germany

Saarbrücken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	11 km	West
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	63 km	NorthNorthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	75 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
St. Arnualer Wiesen	DE	2.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saarbrücken

Type of weather in Saarbrücken	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 October 2026:	10 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:37 Europe/Amsterdam