- Elevation
- 2,213 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport62 km
- ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport70 km
About Bächifirn
Bächifirn is a natural site. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Bächistock and Schwiböden.
Photos of Bächifirn
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Ortstock Felix Günther FeG · CC BY-SA 2.5
Climate of Bächifirn
This month · November
A wet month
Day -1° · Night -7° · Rain 151 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 11°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -10°)
- Wettest month
- July (199 mm)
- Driest month
- February (114 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) | -4° | -4° | -2° | 0° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 11° | 8° | 4° | -1° | -3° |
| Average low (°C) | -10° | -10° | -9° | -6° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 4° | 1° | -2° | -7° | -9° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 126 | 114 | 130 | 156 | 160 | 188 | 199 | 186 | 165 | 150 | 151 | 136 |
How to get to Bächifirn
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 62 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 54 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 62 kmnorthwest
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 70 kmnortheast
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 86 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 54 kmnorthwest
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 61 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 118 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 125 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 141 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Bächifirn
Within 100 km: 395 historic and cultural sites, 7,042 natural sites, 1,160 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km876 places
- Walensee Lake 22 kmNE
- Wägitalersee Lake 13 kmNW
- Sihlsee Lake 22 kmNW
- Obersee Lake 11 kmN
25–60 km2,749 places
- Ufenau Island 30 kmNW
- Insel Lützelau Island 30 kmNW
- Schönenwerd Island 32 kmNW
- Insel Schwanau Island 30 kmW
60–100 km4,972 places
- Mainau Island 81 kmN
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 63 kmNW
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 77 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 75 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Glarus Municipality, Glarus3.8 km N
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Luchsingen Village, Glarus Süd4.2 km SE
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Hätzingen Village, Glarus Süd4.5 km SE
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Leuggelbach Village, Glarus Süd4.3 km E
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Nidfurn Village, Glarus Süd4.8 km E
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Braunwald Village, Glarus Süd5.1 km S
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Bächistock Mountain, Glarus Süd0.6 km N
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Schwiböden Mountain, Glarus Süd0.9 km SE
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Vorderchammstock Mountain, Glarus Süd0.9 km SW
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Wissgandstock Mountain, Glarus Süd0.9 km SW
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Rad Mountain, Glarus Süd0.9 km W
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Bächistockfirn Natural site, Glarus0.9 km N
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Gelb Berg Mountain, Glarus Süd1.1 km E
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Bächihorn Mountain, Glarus1.3 km NW
Sources & licences
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