Editing Maastricht (section)

== Geography ==
=== Neighbourhoods ===
[[File:Jekerkwartier07.jpg|thumb|right|Typical street in the [[Jekerkwartier]], part of the city centre]]
[[File:Maastricht-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|right|thumb|Dutch topographic map of Maastricht, March 2014]]

Maastricht consists of seven areas (''wijken'') and 44 neighbourhoods (''buurten''). Each area and neighbourhood has a number which corresponds to its [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]] code.

# Maastricht Centrum (CBS area code: 093500): [[Binnenstad, Maastricht|Binnenstad]], [[Jekerkwartier]], Kommelkwartier, Statenkwartier, Boschstraatkwartier, Sint Maartenspoort, [[Wyck, Maastricht|Wyck-Céramique]]
# South-West (093501): [[Villapark]], Jekerdal, [[Biesland, Maastricht|Biesland]], Campagne, Wolder, [[Sint Pieter]])
# West (093502): Brusselsepoort, Mariaberg, Belfort, Pottenberg, Malpertuis, Caberg, Malberg, Dousberg-Hazendans, Daalhof
# North-West (093503): [[Boschpoort]], Bosscherveld, Frontenkwartier, Belvédère, Lanakerveld
# North-East (093505): Beatrixhaven, [[Borgharen]], [[Itteren]], Meerssenhoven
# East (093504): Wyckerpoort, Wittevrouwenveld, Nazareth, Limmel, [[Amby, Maastricht|Amby]], Scharn, Heugemerveld
# South-East (093506): Randwyck, Heugem, [[Heer, Maastricht|Heer]], De Heeg, Vroendaal

Itteren, Borgharen, Limmel, Amby, Heer, Heugem, Scharn, Oud-Caberg, [[Sint Pieter]] and Wolder are neighbourhoods that used to be separate municipalities or villages until they were annexed by the city of Maastricht in the course of the 20th century.

=== Neighbouring municipalities ===
The outlying areas of the following municipalities are bordering the municipality of Maastricht directly.

''Clockwise from north-east to north-west:''
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Bunde, Limburg|Bunde]], 
*[[Meerssen]], 
*[[Berg en Terblijt]], 
*[[Bemelen]], 
*[[Cadier en Keer]], 
*[[Gronsveld]],
*[[Oost, Limburg|Oost]], 
*Lanaye (B),
*Petit-Lanaye (B),
*[[Kanne]] (B), 
*Vroenhoven (B), 
*Kesselt (B), 
*Veldwezelt (B), 
*[[Lanaken]] (B),
*Neerharen (B).
}}

''(B = Situated in Belgium)''

=== Border ===
Maastricht's [[city limits]] has an international border with Belgium. Most of it borders Belgium's [[Flanders|Flemish]] region, but a small part to the south also has a border with [[Wallonia]]. Both countries are part of Europe's [[Schengen Area]] and, thus, are open without border controls.

=== Climate ===
Maastricht features the same climate as most of the Netherlands (''Cfb'', [[Oceanic climate]]), however, due to its more inland location in between hills, summers tend to be warmer (especially in the Meuse valley, which lies {{cvt|70|m|disp=sqbr}} lower than the meteorological station) and winters a bit colder, although the difference is only noticeable on just a few days a year. The highest temperature recorded was on 25 July 2019 at {{convert|39.6|°C|1|abbr=on}}.

{{Weather box
|location = Maastricht (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1906−present)
|single line = y
|metric first = y
|Jan record high C = 16.5
|Feb record high C = 19.8
|Mar record high C = 24.2
|Apr record high C = 29.7
|May record high C = 33.1
|Jun record high C = 37.2
|Jul record high C = 39.6
|Aug record high C = 36.8
|Sep record high C = 34.3
|Oct record high C = 28.7
|Nov record high C = 21.4
|Dec record high C = 17.0
|Jan avg record high C = 12.5
|Feb avg record high C = 13.6
|Mar avg record high C = 18.3
|Apr avg record high C = 23.2
|May avg record high C = 27.3
|Jun avg record high C = 30.9
|Jul avg record high C = 32.5
|Aug avg record high C = 31.8
|Sep avg record high C = 26.8
|Oct avg record high C = 22.1
|Nov avg record high C = 16.3
|Dec avg record high C = 12.8
|year avg record high C = 34.3
|Jan high C = 5.7
|Feb high C = 6.7
|Mar high C = 10.7
|Apr high C = 15.0
|May high C = 18.8
|Jun high C = 21.7
|Jul high C = 23.8
|Aug high C = 23.5
|Sep high C = 19.7
|Oct high C = 14.8
|Nov high C = 9.7
|Dec high C = 6.3
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 3.2
|Feb mean C = 3.7
|Mar mean C = 6.6
|Apr mean C = 10.1
|May mean C = 13.8
|Jun mean C = 16.8
|Jul mean C = 18.8
|Aug mean C = 18.4
|Sep mean C = 15.0
|Oct mean C = 11.0
|Nov mean C = 6.8
|Dec mean C = 4.0
|year mean C = 10.7
|Jan low C = 0.5
|Feb low C = 0.7
|Mar low C = 2.7
|Apr low C = 5.0
|May low C = 8.7
|Jun low C = 11.7
|Jul low C = 13.8
|Aug low C = 13.4
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 7.3
|Nov low C = 3.8
|Dec low C = 1.4
|year low C = 6.6
|Jan avg record low C = -7.3
|Feb avg record low C = -6.0
|Mar avg record low C = -3.5
|Apr avg record low C = -1.0
|May avg record low C = 2.5
|Jun avg record low C = 6.4
|Jul avg record low C = 9.0
|Aug avg record low C = 8.8
|Sep avg record low C = 5.6
|Oct avg record low C = 0.8
|Nov avg record low C = -2.6
|Dec avg record low C = -5.5
|year avg record low C = -9.5
|Jan record low C = -19.3
|Feb record low C = -21.4
|Mar record low C = -12.9
|Apr record low C = -5.6
|May record low C = -1.6
|Jun record low C = 0.7
|Jul record low C = 4.3
|Aug record low C = 4.9
|Sep record low C = -0.9
|Oct record low C = -6.5
|Nov record low C = -12.0
|Dec record low C = -18.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 63.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 57.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 54.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 41.0
|May precipitation mm = 57.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 68.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 72.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 82.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 57.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 63.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 62.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 74.3
|year precipitation mm = 756.8
|Jan precipitation days = 12.0
|Feb precipitation days = 10.8
|Mar precipitation days = 10.4
|Apr precipitation days = 8.4
|May precipitation days = 9.4
|Jun precipitation days = 9.7
|Jul precipitation days = 10.2
|Aug precipitation days = 10.2
|Sep precipitation days = 8.8
|Oct precipitation days = 10.7
|Nov precipitation days = 11.7
|Dec precipitation days = 13.2
|year precipitation days = 125.7
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan snow days = 6.1
|Feb snow days = 6.7
|Mar snow days = 3.3
|Apr snow days = 0.3
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 1.1
|Dec snow days = 4.7
|year snow days = 22.2
|Jan humidity = 86.4
|Feb humidity = 83.2
|Mar humidity = 77.7
|Apr humidity = 71.7
|May humidity = 72.1
|Jun humidity = 72.8
|Jul humidity = 73.1
|Aug humidity = 74.8
|Sep humidity = 79.4
|Oct humidity = 83.9
|Nov humidity = 87.9
|Dec humidity = 88.3
|year humidity = 79.3
|Jan sun = 66.9
|Feb sun = 86.0
|Mar sun = 138.5
|Apr sun = 180.8
|May sun = 208.7
|Jun sun = 205.5
|Jul sun = 209.0
|Aug sun = 197.5
|Sep sun = 157.0
|Oct sun = 118.2
|Nov sun = 74.1
|Dec sun = 53.5
|year sun = 1695.7
|Jan percentsun = 25.4
|Feb percentsun = 30.3
|Mar percentsun = 37.5
|Apr percentsun = 43.7
|May percentsun = 43.4
|Jun percentsun = 41.7
|Jul percentsun = 42.1
|Aug percentsun = 43.8
|Sep percentsun = 41.3
|Oct percentsun = 35.5
|Nov percentsun = 27.4
|Dec percentsun = 21.5
|year percentsun =36.1
|source 1 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]] (snowy days 2003–2020)<ref name=91-20>{{cite web
| url = https://www.knmi.nl/klimaat-viewer/grafieken-tabellen/klimaattabellen-per-station/maastricht/klimaattabel_maastricht_1991-2020
| title= Klimaatviewer
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = January 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name=extremes>{{cite web
| url = https://www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/daggegevens
|title= Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = January 12, 2023}}</ref> Infoclimat<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/annee/1991/maastricht/valeurs/06380.html
| title = Climatologie de l'année à Maastricht
| publisher = Infoclimat
| language = fr
| access-date = 16 October 2023}}</ref>
}}