Esel
Located in Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District Coordinates: 46°40′05″ N 8°00′12″ E
- Elevation
- 2,687 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- BRN Bern Airport47 km
- ZRH Zürich Airport97 km
About Esel
Esel is a mountain. Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District. Elevation: 2,687 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (47 km). Nearby sights include Faulhorn and Simelihorn.
Photos of Esel
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Schynige Platte Audrius Meskauskas · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Schwarzhorn Andre Schild · CC BY 2.5 -
Faulhorn Roland Zumbühl · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Axalphoren No machine-readable author provided. Hadi assumed · Public domain
Climate of Esel
This month · November
A wet month
Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 111 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 9°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -14°)
- Wettest month
- June (138 mm)
- Driest month
- January (93 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -7° | -7° | -5° | -2° | 3° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -4° | -7° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -14° | -12° | -9° | -5° | -2° | 1° | 1° | -2° | -6° | -10° | -13° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 93 | 96 | 97 | 106 | 117 | 138 | 134 | 133 | 101 | 109 | 111 | 104 |
How to get to Esel
The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 47 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (97 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 53 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 47 kmnorthwest
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 97 kmnortheast
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 102 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Bern Population: 121.6K 53 kmnorthwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 88 kmnortheast
- Basel Population: 177.6K 104 kmnorth
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 106 kmwest
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 108 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Esel
Within 100 km: 239 historic and cultural sites, 6,521 natural sites, 894 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km811 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 14 kmW
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 15 kmW
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 18 kmW
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 6 kmNW
25–60 km2,994 places
- Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 55 kmNW
- Lago Nero Lake 48 kmSE
- Sankt-Niklausen-Insle Island 49 kmNE
- Neptun-Inseln Island 52 kmNE
60–100 km3,849 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 89 kmN
- Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 73 kmN
- Ufenau Island 85 kmNE
- Sankt Petersinsel Island 79 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Iseltwald Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District3.7 km N
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Grindelwald Village, Grindelwald5.5 km SE
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Lütschental Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District4.7 km SW
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Bönigen Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District6.2 km W
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Gündlischwand Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District5.6 km W
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Lütschental Village, Brienz (BE)5.3 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Faulhorn Mountain, Grindelwald0.8 km NW
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Simelihorn Mountain, Grindelwald0.3 km E
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Stollen Mountain, Grindelwald0.6 km SW
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Gassenboden Mountain, Grindelwald0.6 km N
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Reeti Mountain, Grindelwald0.7 km SE
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Hohtissel Mountain, Grindelwald1 km W
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Gassenhorn Mountain, Brienz (BE)1.4 km NE
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Bachsee Lake, Grindelwald1.4 km E
More nature in Switzerland
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Schwarzhorn Mountain, Grindelwald5.9 km E
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Hireleni Mountain, Grindelwald2 km SE
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Ritzengrätli Mountain, Grindelwald2.2 km E
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Winteregg Mountain, Grindelwald2.3 km W
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Burg Mountain, Grindelwald2.4 km SW
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Sattelegg Mountain, Grindelwald2.4 km E
Sources & licences
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