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Mountain

Faulhorn

Located in Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District Coordinates: 46°40′29″ N 7°59′57″ E

Faulhorn
Roland Zumbühl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
2,680 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Iseltwald
2.9 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport46 km
ZRH Zürich Airport97 km

About Faulhorn

Faulhorn is a mountain. Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli District. Elevation: 2,680 m.

From Wikipedia

The Faulhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between Lake Brienz and Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. The summit is 2,681 metres (8,796 ft) high and can be reached by several trails. The mountain is split between the municipalities of Iseltwald and Grindelwald, with the summit located on the boundary between the two. The hotel situated on the summit of Faulhorn was built in 1830. It has undergone very little change since then.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
128 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Faulhorn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -11° · Rain 106 mm

Hottest month
July (day 10°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
Wettest month
June (132 mm)
Driest month
January (90 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
Climate of Faulhorn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-7°-4°-2°4°7°10°9°6°1°-4°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-12°-10°-5°-2°0°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)90959010011313212412593103106102

How to get to Faulhorn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 46 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (97 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 52 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 46 kmnorthwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 97 kmnortheast
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 102 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 52 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 88 kmnortheast
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 103 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 Faulhorn

Within 100 km: 240 historic and cultural sites, 6,503 natural sites, 892 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km798 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 14 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 14 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 18 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 5 kmNW

25–60 km2,975 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 54 kmNW
  • Lago Nero Lake 48 kmSE
  • Sankt-Niklausen-Insle Island 48 kmNE
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 52 kmNE

60–100 km3,862 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 88 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 72 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 85 kmNE
  • Sankt Petersinsel Island 79 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Iseltwald Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    2.9 km N
  • Grindelwald Village, Grindelwald
    6.3 km SE
  • Bönigen Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    5.8 km W
  • Lütschental Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    5 km SW
  • Iseltwald Village, Iseltwald
    4.8 km NW
  • Gündlischwand Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    5.6 km SW

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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