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WestfalenWanderWeg

National route210 km · 130 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)

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F5°0°69
M9°2°82
A13°5°56
M18°9°72
J20°12°84
J22°14°83
A22°14°81
S18°11°79
O14°8°82
N8°4°89
D5°1°93

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.

Trail facts

Length (signed): 210 km · 130 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length: 216 km · 134 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months: Apr–Oct
Country: Germany
Region: North Rhine-Westphalia
Continent: Europe
Route type: National route
Ref: Xw
Operator (OSM): Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (SGV);Eggegebirgsverein e.V.
From / to: Hattingen → Altenbeken
Route centre: 51.5777, 8.0884
Route start: 51.3971, 7.1806
OpenStreetMap: relation 186590
Wikidata: Q2565147
Official info: wildganz.com/fernwanderweg/westfalenwanderweg

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.