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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
- J4°2°63
- F3°1°48
- M5°3°53
- A8°5°34
- M12°9°46
- J15°13°62
- J18°15°66
- A18°16°86
- S16°14°85
- O12°10°102
- N8°6°84
- D5°3°72
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Germany's longest long-distance hiking trail. From the northernmost to the southernmost point of Germany.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3,700 km · 2,299 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3,687 km · 2,291 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- International route
- Ref
- NST
- Operator (OSM)
- Initiative Nord Süd Trail
- From / to
- Sylt → Haldenwanger Eck
- Local name
- Nord Süd Trail
- Route centre
- 51.1642, 8.6724
- Route start
- 55.0584, 8.4181
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19990114
- Official info
- nordsüdtrail.de/
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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