Region · Germany

Where to stay in North Rhine-Westphalia

This guide covers 82 destinations in North Rhine-Westphalia, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 636 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund. 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 Düsseldorf Airport (DUS).

Destinations in this guide: 82
Places to stay: 636
Comfortable in the most places: May, June and September
Main airport: DUSDüsseldorf Airport
Currency: EUReuro
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Destinations

Destinations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Every destination in this guide in North Rhine-Westphalia, 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	Best months	Nearest airport
Cologne	1,025,523	87	May, June and September	CGN · 16 km
Düsseldorf	619,444	76	May, June and September	DUS · 7 km
Bonn	323,587	35	May, June, August and September	CGN · 15 km
Winterberg	13,124	27	June, August and September	PAD · 47 km
Münster	306,368	23	May, June and September	FMO · 20 km
Essen	573,618	22	May, June and September	DUS · 25 km
Dortmund	600,880	19	May, June and September	DTM · 10 km
Mönchengladbach	267,176	16	May, June, August and September	DUS · 25 km
Aachen	263,703	16	May and September	MST · 27 km
Wuppertal	357,243	12	May, June and September	DUS · 29 km
Duisburg	500,810	11	May, June and September	DUS · 16 km
Gummersbach	51,332	11	June and September	CGN · 35 km
Olsberg	14,596	10	June	PAD · 31 km
Paderborn	155,906	9	May, June, August and September	PAD · 16 km
Siegen	102,450	9	June, August and September	CGN · 61 km
Minden	83,598	9	May, June, August and September	HAJ · 56 km
Sundern	27,490	9	June	DTM · 35 km
Bergisch Gladbach	111,174	8	May, June, August and September	CGN · 14 km
Kleve	53,094	8	May to July and September	NRN · 21 km
Bielefeld	331,419	7	May, June, August and September	PAD · 45 km
Detmold	74,438	7	May, June, August and September	PAD · 41 km
Bocholt	73,048	7	May, June, August and September	NRN · 42 km
Landschaftsschutzgebiet Gütersloh		7	May, June, August and September	PAD · 39 km
Bochum	358,880	6	May, June and September	DTM · 28 km
Krefeld	230,738	6	May, June and September	DUS · 15 km
Neuss	153,767	6	May, June and September	DUS · 11 km
Rheine	77,552	6	May, June, August and September	FMO · 24 km
Arnsberg	74,479	6	June	DTM · 34 km
Lippstadt	68,383	6	May, June, August and September	PAD · 19 km
Meerbusch	56,947	6	May, June and September	DUS · 7 km
Hilden	54,859	6	May, June and September	DUS · 18 km
Ibbenbüren	51,596	6	May, June and September	FMO · 16 km
Gronau	50,349	6	May, June, August and September	FMO · 45 km
Gelsenkirchen	266,199	5	May, June and September	DUS · 33 km
Mülheim an der Ruhr	171,674	5	May, June and September	DUS · 17 km
Remscheid	113,333	5	May, June and September	DUS · 32 km
Ratingen	88,914	5	May, June and September	DUS · 6 km
Euskirchen	59,977	5	May, June and September	CGN · 34 km
Bad Salzuflen	53,807	5	May, June, August and September	PAD · 53 km
Hattingen	52,969	5	May, June and September	DUS · 32 km
Bad Oeynhausen	50,515	5	May, June, August and September	PAD · 67 km
Oberhausen	213,178	4	May, June and September	DUS · 21 km
Moers	101,298	4	May, June and September	DUS · 22 km
Gütersloh	99,854	4	May, June, August and September	PAD · 36 km
Düren	94,539	4	May and September	CGN · 47 km
Troisdorf	75,742	4	May, June, August and September	CGN · 6 km
Herford	67,074	4	May, June, August and September	PAD · 56 km
Wesel	60,717	4	May, June, August and September	NRN · 34 km
Sankt Augustin	56,033	4	May, June, August and September	CGN · 11 km
Hagen	189,983	3	May, June and September	DTM · 20 km
Leverkusen	168,299	3	May, June and September	CGN · 22 km
Iserlohn	91,317	3	June and September	DTM · 16 km
Lünen	85,844	3	May, June and September	DTM · 13 km
Kerpen	66,377	3	May, June and September	CGN · 31 km
Unna	57,961	3	May, June and September	DTM · 6 km
Ahlen	52,387	3	May, June and September	DTM · 33 km
Heiligenhaus	25,844	3	May, June and September	DUS · 15 km
Hamm	179,108	2	May, June and September	DTM · 23 km
Herne	156,266	2	May, June and September	DTM · 27 km
Velbert	82,166	2	May, June and September	DUS · 20 km
Viersen	78,227	2	May, June, August and September	DUS · 26 km
Gladbeck	75,647	2	May, June, August and September	DUS · 35 km
Castrop-Rauxel	72,353	2	May, June and September	DTM · 21 km
Lüdenscheid	70,810	2	June and September	DTM · 33 km
Dinslaken	66,869	2	May, June, August and September	DUS · 31 km
Grevenbroich	65,605	2	May, June and September	DUS · 26 km
Bergheim	61,976	2	May, June and September	CGN · 37 km
Hürth	61,732	2	May, June and September	CGN · 19 km
Stolberg	57,678	2	May and September	MST · 36 km
Frechen	51,927	2	May, June and September	CGN · 24 km
Solingen	164,621	1	May, June and September	DUS · 26 km
Bottrop	118,482	1	May, June, August and September	DUS · 28 km
Recklinghausen	114,851	1	May, June and September	DTM · 31 km
Dormagen	63,619	1	May, June and September	DUS · 22 km
Herten	60,707	1	May, June and September	DTM · 34 km
Langenfeld	59,821	1	May, June and September	DUS · 23 km
Eschweiler	57,573	1	May and September	MST · 38 km
Pulheim	55,979	1	May, June and September	CGN · 28 km
Menden (Sauerland)	52,121	1	June and September	DTM · 16 km
Witten	91,474		May, June and September	DTM · 22 km
Marl	86,899		May, June and September	DTM · 38 km
Dorsten	74,783		May, June, August and September	DUS · 43 km

Where to stay

The best-rated places to stay in North Rhine-Westphalia

11 places to stay in North Rhine-Westphalia 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	Type	Rooms	Guest score
1	Leonardo Royal Hotel Cologne Bonn Airport Josef-Broicher-Straße 11, 51145 Cologne hotel	Cologne	hotel	250	92/100 8,391 reviews
2	Leonardo Hotel Dortmund Burgwall 11-13, 44135 Dortmund hotel	Dortmund	hotel	190	91/100 6,043 reviews
3	Leonardo Royal Hotel Düsseldorf Königsallee Graf-Adolf-Platz 8-10, 40213 Dusseldorf hotel	Düsseldorf	hotel	253	89/100 9,756 reviews
4	Leonardo Boutique Hotel Düsseldorf Oststraße 128, 40210 Dusseldorf hotel	Düsseldorf	hotel	114	89/100 6,272 reviews
5	Leonardo Hotel Düsseldorf City Center Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 3, 40227 Dusseldorf hotel	Düsseldorf	hotel	134	89/100 6,272 reviews
6	Leonardo Hotel Köln Bonn Airport Waldstraße 255, 51147 Cologne hotel	Cologne	hotel	177	87/100 3,775 reviews
7	Leonardo Royal Hotel Köln Am Stadtwald Dürener Straße 287, 50935 Cologne hotel	Cologne	hotel	150	84/100 5,284 reviews
8	Leonardo Hotel Mönchengladbach Speicker Straße 49, 41061 Monchengladbach hotel	Mönchengladbach	hotel	128	84/100 3,645 reviews
9	Leonardo Hotel Düsseldorf Airport - Ratingen Broichhofstraße 3, 40880 Dusseldorf hotel	Düsseldorf	hotel	200	83/100 6,454 reviews
10	Leonardo Hotel Aachen Krefelder Straße 221, 52070 Aachen hotel	Aachen	hotel	99	83/100 3,632 reviews
11	Leonardo Hotel Köln Waldecker Straße 11-15, 51065 Cologne hotel	Cologne	hotel	165	83/100 1,933 reviews

Where to stay

More hotels in North Rhine-Westphalia

570 hotels in North Rhine-Westphalia 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.

Hotel	Where	Type	Opened	Website
Schloss Bensberg	Bergisch Gladbach	hotel	1997
Breidenbacher Hof	Düsseldorf	hotel	1806
Brauerei zur Malzmühle	Cologne	inn	1858
Excelsior Hotel Ernst	Cologne	palace hotel	1863	excelsiorhotelernst.com
Hotel Quellenhof	Aachen	palace hotel	1916	parkhotel-quellenhof.de
Rheinhotel Dreesen	Bonn	hotel	1894
The Pilgrim House	Arnsberg	hotel	1304	pilgrimhaus.de
Clayton Hotel Dusseldorf	Düsseldorf	hotel	1978
Dom-Hotel	Cologne	palace hotel	1857	althoffcollection.com
Essener Hof	Essen	hotel	1883	essener-hof.com
Hotel Handelshof	Essen	hotel
Hotel Kaiserhof	Minden	hotel
Hotel Königshof	Bonn	hotel	1872
Hotel Petersberg	Bonn	hotel	1892	hrewards.com
Bier-Esel	Cologne	inn
Bierhaus en d’r Salzgass	Cologne	inn
Brauhaus Schreckenskammer	Cologne	inn		schreckenskammer.com
Brauhaus Sion	Cologne	inn
Deutz-Kalker Bad	Cologne	hotel	1913
Dyckhof	Meerbusch	hotel
Ehemaliges Hotel Wilpers	Lippstadt	hotel
Em Kölsche Boor	Cologne	inn
Flemings Hotel Wuppertal-Central	Wuppertal	hotel	1910
Forsthaus Telegraph	Troisdorf	inn	1894
Früh em Veedel	Cologne	inn
Fünte	Mülheim an der Ruhr	inn
Godesberger Hof	Bonn	hotel
Haxenhaus zum Rheingarten	Cologne	inn
Hirschburg	Düsseldorf	inn
Hotel Bellevue	Bonn	hotel

When to go

Best time to visit North Rhine-Westphalia

From the climate of 82 destinations in North Rhine-Westphalia 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 82	5 °C	70 mm
February	0 of 82	6 °C	58 mm
March	0 of 82	10 °C	56 mm
April	0 of 82	15 °C	49 mm
May	73 of 82	19 °C	64 mm
June	78 of 82	22 °C	73 mm
July	1 of 82	24 °C	88 mm
August	26 of 82	24 °C	81 mm
September	79 of 82	20 °C	68 mm
October	0 of 82	15 °C	64 mm
November	0 of 82	9 °C	67 mm
December	0 of 82	5 °C	80 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 North Rhine-Westphalia

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North Rhine-Westphalia 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.

large airport · Düsseldorf

large airport · Büren

PAD · Paderborn Lippstadt Airport

Nearest for 11 destinationsNamed by 21 destinations16 km from the closest

large airport · Greven

FMO · Münster Osnabrück Airport

Nearest for 4 destinationsNamed by 21 destinations16 km from the closest

large airport · Weeze

NRN · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 21 destinations21 km from the closest

large airport · Maastricht, Netherlands

MST · Maastricht Aachen Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 13 destinations27 km from the closest

large airport · Hannover

HAJ · Hannover Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 5 destinations56 km from the closest

large airport · Calden

KSF · Kassel Airport

Named by 4 destinations55 km from the closest

medium airport · Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium

LGG · Liège Airport

Named by 3 destinations48 km from the closest

large airport · Eindhoven, Netherlands

EIN · Eindhoven Airport

Named by 1 destination65 km from the closest

large airport · Bremen

BRE · Bremen Airport

Named by 1 destination85 km from the closest

large airport · Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen)

HHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

Named by 1 destination89 km from the closest

large airport · Groningen, Netherlands

GRQ · Groningen Airport Eelde

Named by 1 destination109 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).

Nationwide in Germany

1 Jan · New Year's Day3 Apr · Good Friday6 Apr · Easter Monday1 May · Labour Day14 May · Ascension Day25 May · Pentecost Monday3 Oct · Day of German Unity25 Dec · Christmas Day26 Dec · 2nd Day of Christmas

Regional holidays observed in North Rhine-Westphalia

4 Jun · Corpus Christi1 Nov · All Saints' Day

Nearby

Regions near North Rhine-Westphalia

Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Hesse

15 destinations286 placesabout 180 km

Rhineland-Palatinate

10 destinations149 placesabout 180 km

Lower Saxony

22 destinations215 placesabout 210 km

Bremen

3 destinations53 placesabout 220 km

Thuringia

4 destinations61 placesabout 310 km

Baden-Württemberg

33 destinations573 placesabout 330 km

Germany travel guide · All regions of Germany

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.