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Obersee

Located in Glarus Süd, Glarus Coordinates: 46°52′07″ N 9°01′36″ E

Map showing the location of Obersee Obersee
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,474 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Linthal
6.2 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport75 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport80 km

About Obersee

Obersee is a lake. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. Elevation: 2,474 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Hinter Sulzhorn and Nüschenstock.

Climate of Obersee

This month · November

A wet month

Day -2° · Night -9° · Rain 145 mm

Hottest month
August (day 10°)
Coldest month
February (night -12°)
Wettest month
July (200 mm)
Driest month
February (110 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 Obersee
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-6°-5°-3°-1°4°7°10°10°7°3°-2°-5°
Average low (°C)-12°-12°-10°-8°-3°0°2°2°-1°-4°-9°-11°
Precipitation (mm)120110124149155186200187162144145131

How to get to Obersee

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 75 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 66 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 75 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 80 kmnortheast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 96 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 66 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 74 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 121 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 134 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 153 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Obersee

Within 100 km: 360 historic and cultural sites, 7,246 natural sites, 1,105 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km869 places

  • Obersee Lake 24 kmN
  • Klöntalersee Lake 18 kmN
  • Lag Prau Pulté Lake 19 kmE
  • Scheubsbach Lake 22 kmE

25–60 km3,198 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 60 kmSW
  • Ufenau Island 43 kmNW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 43 kmNW
  • Schönenwerd Island 44 kmNW

60–100 km4,644 places

  • Mainau Island 94 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 75 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 89 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 88 kmN

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