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Natural site

Gärstengletscher

Located in Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli District Coordinates: 46°35′40″ N 8°21′37″ E

Map showing the location of Gärstengletscher Gärstengletscher
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,934 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Räterichsboden
2.4 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport75 km
LUG Lugano Airport78 km

About Gärstengletscher

Gärstengletscher is a natural site. Location: Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli District. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Gärstenhörner and Vorder Gärstenhorn.

Climate of Gärstengletscher

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 104 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
Wettest month
July (116 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 Gärstengletscher
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-5°-1°3°6°7°4°0°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-14°-13°-11°-6°-3°0°1°-2°-5°-10°-12°
Precipitation (mm)91829710610611411611610610710493

How to get to Gärstengletscher

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 75 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (97 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 80 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 75 kmnorthwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 78 kmsoutheast
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 97 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 80 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 87 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 105 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 123 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 133 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gärstengletscher

Within 100 km: 207 historic and cultural sites, 6,947 natural sites, 939 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,128 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 21 kmSE
  • Lago Sfundau Lake 19 kmSE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 24 kmE
  • Lago del Narét Lake 21 kmSE

25–60 km3,201 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 43 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 43 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 46 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 33 kmNW

60–100 km3,764 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 82 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 91 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 80 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 76 kmNE

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