Esch-sur-Alzette
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About
Esch-sur-Alzette is a city in Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 37,922 inhabitants, as of 2025. It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the city. The city is usually referred to as just Esch.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Esch-sur-Alzette, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Esch-sur-Alzette
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
Overcast
14° / 3°
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
14° / 5°
0.6 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
16° / 8°
0.8 mm
Mon
Rain
14° / 8°
5.7 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
16° / 6°
2.7 mm
Wed
Drizzle
17° / 10°
1.8 mm
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.3h
05:52 – 21:11local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Esch-sur-Alzette
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) at 22 km.
Getting around Esch-sur-Alzette
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
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Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
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 →
CC BY-SA 3.0, Spanish Inquisition.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.