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Challifirn

Located in Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District Coordinates: 46°34′55″ N 8°01′46″ E

Map showing the location of Challifirn Challifirn
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,927 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Grindelwald
4.7 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport55 km
LUG Lugano Airport93 km

About Challifirn

Challifirn is a natural site. Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Eiger and Rots Brätt.

Climate of Challifirn

This month · November

A cold month

Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 82 mm

Hottest month
August (day 6°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
Wettest month
August (86 mm)
Driest month
February (72 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 Challifirn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-5°0°3°6°6°3°0°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-13°-12°-11°-6°-3°0°1°-2°-5°-9°-11°
Precipitation (mm)767280757583858674758276

How to get to Challifirn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 55 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (105 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 60 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 55 kmnorthwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 93 kmsoutheast
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 105 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 60 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 96 kmnortheast
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 107 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 114 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 115 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Challifirn

Within 100 km: 217 historic and cultural sites, 6,690 natural sites, 878 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km888 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 19 kmNW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 20 kmNW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 22 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 15 kmN

25–60 km3,169 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 42 kmE
  • Sankt-Niklausen-Insle Island 56 kmNE
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 56 kmNE
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 56 kmNE

60–100 km3,728 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 63 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 97 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 82 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 91 kmNE

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