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Mountain

Schijen

Located in Glarus Nord, Glarus Coordinates: 47°03′34″ N 8°59′30″ E

Map showing the location of Schijen Schijen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,259 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Glarus
4.4 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport56 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport64 km

About Schijen

Schijen is a mountain. Location: Glarus Nord, Glarus. Elevation: 2,259 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Chli Gumen and Chli Schijen.

Climate of Schijen

This month · November

A wet month

Day -2° · Night -8° · Rain 135 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
July (198 mm)
Driest month
January (105 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 Schijen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-2°1°6°9°12°12°8°4°-2°-4°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-2°1°3°4°1°-3°-8°-10°
Precipitation (mm)105105113139151188198185150130135120

How to get to Schijen

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 56 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 48 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 56 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 64 kmnortheast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 79 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 48 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 54 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 118 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 121 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 135 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Schijen

Within 100 km: 418 historic and cultural sites, 6,817 natural sites, 1,172 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km758 places

  • Ufenau Island 24 kmNW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 23 kmNW
  • Seedamm Island 23 kmNW
  • Hurden Island 23 kmNW

25–60 km2,510 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 57 kmNW
  • Schönenwerd Island 26 kmNW
  • Insel Schwanau Island 30 kmW
  • Saffa Insel Island 47 kmNW

60–100 km5,139 places

  • Mainau Island 73 kmN
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 69 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 67 kmN
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 99 kmSW

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