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Gelmersee

Located in Canton of Bern, Switzerland Coordinates: 46°36′56″ N 8°19′48″ E

Map showing the location of Gelmersee Gelmersee
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
1,829 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Handegg
1.8 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport72 km
LUG Lugano Airport81 km

About Gelmersee

Gelmersee is a lake. Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Elevation: 1,829 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (72 km). Nearby sights include Schoibhoren and Chlys Gelmerhorn.

Climate of Gelmersee

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 102 mm

Hottest month
August (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -7°)
Wettest month
June (111 mm)
Driest month
February (82 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Gelmersee
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°-1°0°2°7°10°14°14°11°7°3°1°
Average low (°C)-6°-7°-6°-3°1°4°7°8°5°2°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)8882941011031111111119910410291

How to get to Gelmersee

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 72 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (95 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 77 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 72 kmnorthwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 81 kmsoutheast
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 95 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 77 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 85 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 103 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 120 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 131 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Gelmersee

Within 100 km: 207 historic and cultural sites, 6,922 natural sites, 928 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,127 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 25 kmSE
  • Lago Sfundau Lake 22 kmSE
  • Lago del Narét Lake 24 kmSE
  • Lungernsee Lake 24 kmNW

25–60 km3,136 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 40 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 40 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 43 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 29 kmW

60–100 km3,794 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 79 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 88 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 77 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 75 kmNE

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