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Rüchi

Located in Glarus Süd, Glarus Coordinates: 46°52′22″ N 9°01′05″ E

Map showing the location of Rüchi Rüchi
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,850 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Linthal
5.6 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport80 km

About Rüchi

Rüchi is a mountain. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. Elevation: 2,850 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Nüschenstock and Scheidstöckli.

Climate of Rüchi

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -11° · Rain 145 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
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 Rüchi
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-6°-4°1°5°7°7°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-13°-10°-6°-3°-1°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)120110124149155186200187162144145131

How to get to Rüchi

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 80 kmnortheast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 96 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 65 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 74 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 120 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 133 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 153 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Rüchi

Within 100 km: 364 historic and cultural sites, 7,228 natural sites, 1,106 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km882 places

  • Obersee Lake 24 kmN
  • Klöntalersee Lake 17 kmN
  • Lag Prau Pulté Lake 20 kmE
  • Scheubsbach Lake 23 kmE

25–60 km3,171 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 60 kmSW
  • Ufenau Island 42 kmNW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 42 kmNW
  • Schönenwerd Island 43 kmNW

60–100 km4,645 places

  • Mainau Island 94 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 74 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 89 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 88 kmN

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