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Lahn

Kayak spot · Germany

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 83 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 75 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 77 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 83 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 81 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 283, good
  3. Tue 375, good
  4. Wed 477, good
  5. Thu 583, good
  6. Fri 681, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 880, good
  9. Mon 980, good
  10. Tue 1086, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Lahn
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov83, good6 kn14kn10°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov83, good2 kn8kn9°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov75, good6 kn13kn8°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov77, good8 kn20kn9°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov83, good6 kn15kn9°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov81, good3 kn10kn7°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov82, good3 kn9kn9°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov80, good6 kn17kn8°C0.9 mm
Mon 9Nov80, good4 kn10kn7°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov86, good4 kn11kn11°C0.9 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. The river's level is under In the water. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. Days past the forecast count as they usually are.

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More kayaking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lahn

A launch on the Lahn. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 4 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 3.9 km away. The town to stay in is Koblenz. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Lahn
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire 4 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 3.9 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,390–US$2,610 each

about US$1,390–US$2,610 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to FRA, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$482–US$998
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$308–US$509
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$161–US$308
Totalabout US$1,390–US$2,610

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Koblenz

Closest

Koblenz

9 min by car · 99 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 99 places to stay in Koblenz · Booking.com

About Koblenz its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 14h 55m

About 14h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → FRA, direct, then 1h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

Gauge at LAHNSTEIN SCHLEUSE UP, 1 km upstream: 0.29 m, low (updated 18 h ago). Low.

Bands are this gauge's own record: under its usual low, running, high, and in flood on its few highest days a year. Not a runnable range for the section: check before you go. River levels in Germany: PEGELONLINE, Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0. Credits

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits