Cuxhaven
1,312 places to stay. A night costs from about 42 €.
A night is usually cheapest in November (about 120 €) and most expensive in July (about 160 €). It is usually warmest in August, at about 20 °C during the day.
Cuxhaven lies where the Elbe flows into the North Sea and belonged to Hamburg from the 13th century until 1937. Its landmark is the Kugelbake in the district of Döse, a wooden sea mark about 28 metres high. This is where the Elbe ends and the North Sea begins. The bathing beaches are in the west, in the spa districts of Döse, Duhnen and Sahlenburg.At the harbour, the Alte Liebe, a former pier, serves as a viewing platform beside the Elbe shipping lane. Next to it stands a lighthouse built by Hamburg between 1802 and 1804. A wind semaphore there shows departing ships the wind conditions on Borkum and Heligoland. Ritzebüttel Castle, once the seat of Hamburg's bailiffs, dates partly from the 14th century. The Windstärke 10 museum covers the history of fishing and finds from shipwrecks.
The mudflats off the town are part of the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Sahlenburg, a visitor centre explains the mudflats and offers guided tours. Ships leave the harbour for Heligoland and the island of Neuwerk.
Places to stay in Cuxhaven
Places to stay
1,312
One night
from about 42 €
One night: cheapest place to stay, typical night for 2 people across the year. As of November 8, 2026.
When to visit Cuxhaven
The next twelve months, November 2026 to October 2027. Clicking a month opens the search for the lowest price we found; you can change the dates there.
| Month | High temp. | Rain days | Water temp. | Night approx. | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 8.1 °C | 17 | 8.5 °C | 120 € 35 to 185 € | 2 |
| December 2026 | 5.2 °C | 17 | 5.3 °C | 130 € 60 to 195 € | 1 |
| January 2027 | 4.1 °C | 17 | 3.6 °C | 130 € 60 to 195 € | no data |
| February 2027 | 4.5 °C | 13 | 3.2 °C | 130 € 35 to 180 € | no data |
| March 2027 | 7.0 °C | 14 | 4.7 °C | 140 € 60 to 195 € | no data |
| April 2027 | 11.3 °C | 12 | 8.4 °C | 145 € 35 to 230 € | no data |
| May 2027 | 14.9 °C | 13 | 12.8 °C | 145 € 35 to 225 € | no data |
| June 2027 | 17.7 °C | 16 | 16.4 °C | 145 € 35 to 245 € | no data |
| July 2027 | 20.0 °C | 16 | 18.8 °C | 160 € 40 to 240 € | no data |
| August 2027 | 20.2 °C | 17 | 19.4 °C | 160 € 40 to 235 € | no data |
| September 2027 | 17.1 °C | 15 | 16.7 °C | 150 € 40 to 245 € | no data |
| October 2027 | 12.8 °C | 16 | 12.6 °C | 135 € 35 to 230 € | no data |
Weather: long-term average 1991 to 2020 from the climate atlas of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5-Land, water temperature ERA5), grid cell near the centre of the destination; rain days are days with more than 1 mm of precipitation. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026), CC BY 4.0.
Prices per night for 2 guests as the search shows them: on four Saturdays per month, for the shortest possible stay (3 nights, otherwise one week), across all places to stay. Shown from 10 places to stay with a price. As of October 26, 2026.
Events: all events known to us, counted by start date. For months without data, none are known to us.
Discover Cuxhaven
Fort Kugelbake
Fort Kugelbake is a former naval fortress in Cuxhaven, in what is now the spa quarter of Döse. It lies on the last headl...
Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the Dutch W...
Steubenhöft
The Steubenhöft is a pier of the Amerikahafen in Cuxhaven. It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Today it is...
Windsemaphor
The wind semaphore at the Alte Liebe in Cuxhaven is a facility for the optical transmission of weather information to sh...
Windstärke 10 - Shipwreck and Fishing Museum Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven's maritime museum tells of the hard work on board the fishing trawlers of the great deep-sea fishery and of the...
St. Jacobi "Bauerndom"
The church of St. Jacobi is one of the three farmers’ cathedrals in the Hadeln area. It stands on the large terp in the...
Kugelbake
The Kugelbake (German pronunciation: [ˈkuːɡl̩ˌbaːkə], lit. 'Ball Beacon') is a historic day beacon in the city of Cuxhav...
St. Nicolai
The St. Nicolai Church in the Cuxhaven district of Altenbruch belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church and is one of t...
Hermine (Schiff)
The Hermine is a German gaff schooner built in 1904 and the only surviving ship of this type in Germany built entirely o...
Alte Liebe (Cuxhaven)
The Alte Liebe (German for 'Old Love') is a former pier in the port of Cuxhaven, which today serves as a viewing platfor...
Dicke Berta (Leuchtturm)
The Dicke Berta is a light in Cuxhaven-Altenbruch. The listed lighthouse at the mouth of the Elbe was in operation as a...
Rettungsschiff Swantje
The sea rescue boat (SRB) Swantje was a boat of the so-called 7-metre class of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Ser...
Alter Fischereihafen
The Cuxhaven fishing port in Cuxhaven was developed from 1908 onwards. It is one of the largest fishing ports in Germany...
Wasserturm
The Cuxhaven water tower in Cuxhaven, Bahnhofstraße 11, is a former water tower that today houses a café and three holid...
Hamburger Leuchtturm
The Hamburg Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Cuxhaven that was built between 1802 and 1804 by the Free and Hanseatic City o...
Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower
Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower is a 230-metre-tall (750 ft) telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete in Cuxhaven in...
Radarturm Cuxhaven
The Cuxhaven radar tower, also known as the Cuxhaven harbour control tower, in Cuxhaven, Bei der Alten Liebe/Axel-Bundse...
Hapag-Hallen
The Hapag-Hallen are a historic, listed ensemble of buildings in the port of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony. It still serves t...
Krankenhaus Cuxhaven
The Helios Klinik Cuxhaven at Altenwalder Chaussee 10–12, Cuxhaven, provides basic and standard care for people from the...
Herz-Jesu-Kirche
The Herz Jesu church is a Catholic church in Cuxhaven, a district town in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the Cuxhaven paris...
St. Marien
St. Marien is the Roman Catholic parish church of Cuxhaven, a district town in Lower Saxony. Its parish belongs to the B...
St. Petri
The Protestant St. Petri Church in Cuxhaven-Döse, Arno-Pötzsch-Platz 2, was a garrison church dating from 1911 and has b...
Minensucher-Ehrenmal
The minesweeper memorial in Cuxhaven, near the Alte Liebe, is protected as a listed monument under Lower Saxony law and...
St. Abundus
The church of St. Abundus in Cuxhaven-Groden, Bei der Grodener Kirche 3/4, is protected as a listed monument under Lower...
Wrackmuseum
The Wrackmuseum was a museum in Cuxhaven that opened in June 1980. The Wrackmuseum exhibited maritime items from ships t...
Eichenkrattwälder bei Berensch
The Eichenkrattwälder bei Berensch are a nature reserve consisting of several sections in the Berensch-Arensch district...
Herrschaftliches Moor
The Herrschaftliches Moor is a nature reserve in the Lüdingworth cadastral district of the Lower Saxon town of Cuxhaven.
Liebfrauen (Cuxhaven)
The Liebfrauen chapel was the Catholic place of worship in Lüdingworth, a district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony. Named af...
Oberfeuer Altenbruch
The Schlanke Anna was a light near Cuxhaven-Altenbruch from 1897 to 1976. In 1971 the Altenbruch rear light was rebuilt...
Kurpark
The spa park in Cuxhaven-Döse, Strandstraße 80, lies behind the North Sea dyke facing the Grimmershörnbucht, east of Str...
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Upcoming Events
14. Nov 2026
Bambini Market
Kugelbake Hall Event Center
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Coastal Style - The Women's Flea Market
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