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About
Erfurt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁfʊʁt] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Together with Kassel and Göttingen, it is one of the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants lying closest to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich.
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The next week in Erfurt
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
Showers
12° / 3°
1.4 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Showers
12° / 5°
UV Moderate
Sun
Rain
14° / 6°
UV Moderate
Mon
Thunderstorm
16° / 9°
1.6 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Partly cloudy
19° / 6°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
18° / 9°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / -2°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.5h
05:27 – 20:56local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Erfurt
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) at 5 km.
Getting around Erfurt
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
Süd-Thüringen-BahnSüd-Thüringen-Bahn ExpressErfurter BahnErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGAbellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbHErfurter BahnPersonenverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Weimarer LandDonau-Iller-Nahverkehrs-GmbH (UL+BC)Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBBVerkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Gotha GbRIlmenauer OmnibusverkehrVWG SömmerdaKombusFlixBus-euFlixTrain-euAKN Eisenbahn AG
Sister cities
Sources
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- 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 Erfurt.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.