- Elevation
- 2,440 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport56 km
- ZRH Zürich Airport62 km
About Ruchen
Ruchen is a mountain. Location: Glarus Nord, Glarus. Elevation: 2,440 m. The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Fulen and Vorchöpf.
Photos of Ruchen
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Magerrain Albinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Ruchen
This month · November
A wet month
Day -3° · Night -10° · Rain 128 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- July (193 mm)
- Driest month
- January (100 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° | -6° | -3° | 0° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 2° | -3° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -11° | -8° | -4° | -1° | 2° | 2° | -1° | -5° | -10° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 100 | 102 | 108 | 127 | 140 | 178 | 193 | 180 | 143 | 121 | 128 | 116 |
How to get to Ruchen
The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), 56 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (62 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 56 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 56 kmnortheast
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 62 kmnorthwest
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 72 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 56 kmnorthwest
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 58 kmnorthwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 130 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 131 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 142 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Ruchen
Within 100 km: 421 historic and cultural sites, 7,015 natural sites, 1,218 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km767 places
- Walensee Lake 7 kmNE
- Wägitalersee Lake 17 kmW
- Obersee Lake 10 kmW
- Voralpsee Lake 20 kmNE
25–60 km2,481 places
- Ufenau Island 32 kmNW
- Insel Lützelau Island 31 kmNW
- Schönenwerd Island 36 kmNW
- Insel Schwanau Island 42 kmW
60–100 km5,406 places
- Mainau Island 71 kmN
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 65 kmNW
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 66 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 67 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Fulen Mountain, Glarus Nord0.4 km N
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Vorchöpf Mountain, Glarus Nord0.5 km S
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Esel Mountain, Glarus Nord0.6 km E
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Mürtschenstock Mountain, Glarus Nord0.8 km NE
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Stock Mountain, Glarus Nord1.2 km N
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Spaneggsee Lake, Glarus Nord1.1 km NW
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Wisstschingel Mountain, Glarus Nord1.5 km NE
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Nabenüel Mountain, Glarus Nord1.8 km NE
More nature in Switzerland
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Schijenstock Mountain, Glarus Nord1.8 km W
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Mittagstöckli Mountain, Glarus Nord2.1 km W
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Leiststock Mountain, Glarus Nord2.4 km NW
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Rautispitz Mountain, Glarus Nord8.8 km W -
Chüetalstöckli Mountain, Glarus Nord2.5 km SW
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Fronalpstock Mountain, Glarus Nord2.7 km W
Sources & licences
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