Lüderitz
in Karas, Namibia
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Luderitz Airport (6 mi) - Oranjemund Airport (155 mi)
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Alexander Bay Airport (157 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -26.648 and 15.159 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -26° 38' 53" and E 15° 9' 33"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - NAD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Afrikaans, German, Herero
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:53 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Windhoek
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:18 am and 6:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 21.886 and -160.220 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ki'eki'e - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Namibia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Namibia. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Discover Lüderitz
Lüderitz in Karas with it's 15,137 citizens is a city in Namibia about 307 mi (or 494 km) south-west of Windhoek, the country's capital city.
Local time in Lüderitz is now 02:53 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Africa / Windhoek with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 3 airports in the vicinity of Lüderitz. The closest airport in Namibia is Luderitz Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 9 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Keetmanshoop, Port Nolloth, Mariental, Swakopmund and Springbok. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 80 °F
| Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
| Night Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 45% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
23°C (73 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
LUDERITZ NEST HOTEL
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
25. Afrika 06.10.2009 Lüderitz - Namibia.
6. Oktober 2009 Afrika – Namibia – Lüderitz. Starker Wind! Anlegemanöver in der Bucht von Lüderitz in einem kleinen Hafen. Es sind nur 2,5 m Wasser unter dem...
Luderitz Seaside town Namibia
Luderitz is a seaside town on the coast of Namibia. The town is the ideal base for exploring the nearby Kolmanskop Ghost Town. Copyright to http://www.roomsforafrica.com/dest/namibia.jsp?tab=1.
Antoine Albeau broke the windsurf world speed record : 50.62 knots in Luderitz, Namibia
Today Antoine Albeau broke the windsurf world speed record : 50.59 knots in Luderitz, Namibia. Anders Bringdal and Antoine Albeau exceeded 50 knots with respectively 50.46 and 50.59 knots on...
Shark Island, Luderitz
Video of the camping site at Shark Island.
94 (1995) De wereld van Boudewijn Büch - Namibië: Windhoek 3
30 december 1995 - Namibië; Windhoek (3) Deze aflevering zet hij zijn reis door Namibië voort en bezoekt hij onder andere Windhoek, Lüderitz en Kolmanskop. Boudewijn Büch brengt een...
Luderitz 2012 - Day 3 - Jurjen van der Noord
13 November 2012, Epic Day for windsurfing: 50 knots barrier was broken.
Tours-TV.com: Luderitz
In 1908 it turned out that the desert around Luderitz is literally strewed with diamonds. Then the diamonds ran out, and now it is just a tiny town in the mi...
RUN 4 DEC
Run sur le canal du Ludéritz Speed Challenge 2012.
EXPLORATION DU CANAL
Ludéritz Speed Challenge 2012.
Kolmanskop
Kolmanskop kisertetvaros Namibia.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lüderitz Constituency
Lüderitz is a constituency in the Karas Region of Namibia. In 2004, It had a population of 13,276. It contains the major city of Lüderitz, after which the constituency is named.
Angra Pequena
Angra Pequena (Portuguese for "small cove") was a small coastal area in what is now known as Lüderitz, Namibia. First discovered by Europeans in 1487 by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias. On April 10, 1883 Heinrich Vogelsang (emissary of Adolf Lüderitz of Bremen) first landed at Angra Pequena. Vogelsang signed a fraudulent lease of land from Joseph Fredericks, Kaptein of the Bethanie community.
Shark Island, Namibia
Shark Island (German Haifischinsel) is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia. Its area is about 40 hectares. Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a wide land connection that doubled its former size. Now a campsite for tourists, from 1904 to 1907 it was the site of a concentration camp, created for members of the Herero and Nama tribes in German South West Africa.
Lüderitz Speed Challenge
The Lüderitz Speed Challenge is an annual speed sailing event, held since 2007 in Lüderitz, Namibia, in the southern hemisphere spring. It is observed by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
Lüderitz Railway Station
Lüderitz Railway Station is a railway station serving the town of Lüderitz in Namibia. It was erected in 1904. It is part of the TransNamib Railway, and is the terminal of the currently decommissioned line to Aus which was completed in 1906. The extension to Seeheim was completed in 1908, and the connection to Windhoek and the central-eastern railway network in 1912.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Lüderitz.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Lüderitz, Людериц, לידריץ, LUD, リューデリッツ, 뤼데리츠, Лидериц, 吕德里茨
