Duisburg
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📷 Raimond Spekking· CC BY-SA 4.0Im Pott geht die Sonne hinter Kühltürmen unter. | In the Ruhr, the sun sets behind cooling towers.
About
Duisburg is a major city in western Germany, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With around half a million inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in the Ruhr area and part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, one of the biggest population centers in Europe. Duisburg is situated at the confluence of the Ruhr and the Rhine, a geographic position that has historically made it an important center of trade, industry, and transportation. Administratively, Duisburg forms an independent city.
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The next week in Duisburg
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Rain
14° / 6°
4.9 mm
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
16° / 7°
1.2 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Rain
16° / 9°
8.8 mm
Mon
Drizzle
16° / 9°
1.1 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
18° / 8°
1.5 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
19° / 12°
3.6 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 0°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.6h
05:42 – 21:15local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Duisburg
6 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) at 16 km.
Getting around Duisburg
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Touristische Bahnen (diverse)Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBBDonau-Iller-Nahverkehrs-GmbH (UL+BC)FlixBus-euOstdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbHErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGDB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH Oberweisbacher Berg+SchwarzatalbSNCBDB AGDB Regio AG NRWNational ExpressVIAS Rail GmbHRhein-Ruhr-Bahn (Transdev)TRI Train Rental GmbHVIASEVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbHAugsburger Verkehrs- und TarifverbundDB Regiobus OSTVOS Verkehrsgemeinschaft Osnabrück
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Stadt Duisburg.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.