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Rostock, officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany.
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Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) at 21 km.
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
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.
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Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
Public domain, Hansestadt Rostock.
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Upcoming public holidays in Germany. On these dates, expect banks, post offices, and government services to close. Many shops and museums close or run shortened hours; transit typically still runs.
Sundays: Most shops closed on Sundays. Supermarkets close too, with rare exceptions for outlets in train stations, airports, and a small number of tourist zones.
Public holidays sourced from date.nager.at.