Region · Germany

Where to stay in Schleswig-Holstein

This guide covers 6 destinations in Schleswig-Holstein, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 79 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg. Across its destinations, June is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM).

Destinations in this guide
6
Places to stay
79
Comfortable in the most places
June
Main airport
HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport
Currency
EUReuro
Time zone
Europe/Berlin

Destinations

Destinations in Schleswig-Holstein

Every destination in this guide in Schleswig-Holstein, 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.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Lübeck217,06130June to SeptemberLBC · 8 km
Kiel251,84218June, July and SeptemberLBC · 69 km
Norderstedt83,19616June and SeptemberHAM · 9 km
Flensburg95,5689JuneSGD · 31 km
Elmshorn51,3755June and SeptemberHAM · 26 km
Neumünster80,1451June and SeptemberHAM · 49 km

Where to stay

Places to stay in Schleswig-Holstein

8 places to stay in Schleswig-Holstein from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.

Place to stayWhereTypeRooms
acora Kiel Living the City
Holstenstraße 61, Kiel
aparthotel
Kielaparthotel
Bob W Lübeck Old Town
Lindenplatz 2, Sankt Lorenz Süd, 23554 Lübeck
apartment building
Lübeckapartment building33
Flensburg Holm
Holm 22, 24937, Flensburg
aparthotel
Flensburgaparthotel19
Garner Hotel Elmshorn
Hamburger Straße 205, Elmshorn
hotel
Elmshornhotel
Garner Hotel Kiel - Akademie
Faluner Weg 2, Kiel
hotel
Kielhotel
Holiday Inn - the niu, Rig Lübeck
Am Bahnhof 17-19, Lübeck
hotel
Lübeckhotel
Holiday Inn - the niu, Welly Kiel
Andreas-Gayk-Straße 10 / Holstenstraße 55-59, Kiel
hotel
Kielhotel
Lübeck Holstentor
An der Untertrave 110-115, 23552, Lübeck
aparthotel
Lübeckaparthotel17

Where to stay

More hotels in Schleswig-Holstein

71 hotels in Schleswig-Holstein 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 Schleswig-Holstein

From the climate of 6 destinations in Schleswig-Holstein 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 month comfortable in the most places: June.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 64 °C64 mm
February0 of 65 °C54 mm
March0 of 68 °C45 mm
April0 of 613 °C39 mm
May0 of 617 °C55 mm
June6 of 620 °C68 mm
July2 of 622 °C81 mm
August1 of 622 °C92 mm
September5 of 618 °C65 mm
October0 of 613 °C69 mm
November0 of 68 °C64 mm
December0 of 65 °C70 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 Schleswig-Holstein

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Schleswig-Holstein 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 · Hamburg

HAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 5 destinations8.6 km from the closest
medium airport · Lübeck

LBC · Lübeck Blankensee Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 5 destinations7.5 km from the closest
medium airport · Sønderborg, Denmark

SGD · Sønderborg Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations31 km from the closest
medium airport · Wurster Nordseeküste

FCN · Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase

Named by 3 destinations65 km from the closest
medium airport · Sylt

GWT · Westerland Sylt Airport

Named by 1 destination72 km from the closest
large airport · Odense, Denmark

ODE · Odense Hans Christian Andersen Airport

Named by 1 destination96 km from the closest
medium airport · Laage

RLG · Rostock-Laage Airport

Named by 1 destination104 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Schleswig-Holstein, 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 Schleswig-Holstein

31 Oct · Reformation Day

Nearby

Regions near Schleswig-Holstein

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

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.