Region · Germany
Where to stay in Lower Saxony
This guide covers 22 destinations in Lower Saxony, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 215 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Hanover, Brunswick and Oldenburg. Across its destinations, May, June and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Hannover Airport (HAJ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 22
- Places to stay
- 215
- Comfortable in the most places
- May, June and September
- Main airport
- HAJHannover Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Destinations
Destinations in Lower Saxony
Every destination in this guide in Lower Saxony, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover | 522,803 | 41 | HAJ · 10 km |
| Göttingen | 130,521 | 21 | KSF · 40 km |
| Osnabrück | 166,257 | 17 | FMO · 29 km |
| Lüneburg | 74,502 | 17 | HAM · 51 km |
| Brunswick | 252,811 | 13 | HAJ · 61 km |
| Wilhelmshaven | 75,324 | 13 | FCN · 45 km |
| Oldenburg | 177,055 | 12 | BRE · 40 km |
| Hamelin | 58,152 | 12 | HAJ · 46 km |
| Wolfsburg | 129,813 | 11 | HAJ · 75 km |
| Celle | 66,930 | 10 | HAJ · 33 km |
| Garbsen | 60,007 | 10 | HAJ · 8 km |
| Hildesheim | 98,207 | 7 | HAJ · 39 km |
| Bothfeld-Vahrenheide | 50,967 | 7 | HAJ · 8 km |
| Vahrenwald-List | 72,264 | 6 | HAJ · 8 km |
| Langenhagen | 54,059 | 4 | HAJ · 4 km |
| Salzgitter | 104,433 | 3 | HAJ · 57 km |
| Delmenhorst | 81,274 | 3 | BRE · 11 km |
| Lingen | 56,539 | 3 | FMO · 50 km |
| Nordhorn | 57,372 | 2 | FMO · 54 km |
| Stuhr | 34,052 | 2 | BRE · 4 km |
| Wolfenbüttel | 52,511 | 1 | HAJ · 67 km |
| Peine | 51,005 | HAJ · 40 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Lower Saxony
4 places to stay in Lower Saxony with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Wolfsburg City Center hotel | Wolfsburg | 343 | 89/100 9,756 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover Airport hotel | Hanover | 214 | 88/100 8,659 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover hotel | Hanover | 179 | 88/100 6,291 reviews |
| 4 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover Medical Park hotel | Hanover | 208 | 85/100 3,023 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Lower Saxony
199 hotels in Lower Saxony recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Lower Saxony
From the climate of 22 destinations in Lower Saxony with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May, June and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 22 | 4 °C | 60 mm |
| February | 0 of 22 | 6 °C | 50 mm |
| March | 0 of 22 | 9 °C | 50 mm |
| April | 0 of 22 | 15 °C | 43 mm |
| May | 21 of 22 | 18 °C | 64 mm |
| June | 22 of 22 | 22 °C | 69 mm |
| July | 3 of 22 | 24 °C | 88 mm |
| August | 17 of 22 | 24 °C | 76 mm |
| September | 22 of 22 | 19 °C | 55 mm |
| October | 0 of 22 | 14 °C | 59 mm |
| November | 0 of 22 | 8 °C | 57 mm |
| December | 0 of 22 | 5 °C | 65 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Lower Saxony
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Lower Saxony name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
HAJ · Hannover Airport
BRE · Bremen Airport
FMO · Münster Osnabrück Airport
KSF · Kassel Airport
FCN · Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase
HAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport
PAD · Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
GRQ · Groningen Airport Eelde
DTM · Dortmund Airport
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
LBC · Lübeck Blankensee Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Lower Saxony, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Germany
Regional holidays observed in Lower Saxony
Nearby
Regions near Lower Saxony
Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.