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Gälb Chopf

Located in Glarus Süd, Glarus Coordinates: 46°52′10″ N 8°59′52″ E

Map showing the location of Gälb Chopf Gälb Chopf
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,210 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tierfehd
1.9 km NW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport81 km

About Gälb Chopf

Gälb Chopf is a mountain. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. Elevation: 2,210 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Tor and Nüschenstock.

Climate of Gälb Chopf

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).

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Climate of Gälb Chopf
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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)126114130156160188199186165150151136

How to get to Gälb Chopf

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 74 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 65 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 74 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 81 kmnortheast
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 96 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 65 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 74 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 118 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 132 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 152 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Gälb Chopf

Within 100 km: 363 historic and cultural sites, 7,217 natural sites, 1,098 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km878 places

  • Obersee Lake 24 kmN
  • Klöntalersee Lake 17 kmN
  • Lag Prau Pulté Lake 22 kmE
  • Scheubsbach Lake 24 kmE

25–60 km3,182 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 58 kmSW
  • Ufenau Island 42 kmNW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 42 kmN
  • Schönenwerd Island 43 kmNW

60–100 km4,618 places

  • Mainau Island 94 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 73 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 89 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 88 kmN

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