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Mountain

Vorder Glärnisch

Located in Glarus Süd, Glarus Coordinates: 47°01′19″ N 9°02′28″ E

Map showing the location of Vorder Glärnisch Vorder Glärnisch
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,328 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Schwanden
3.7 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport61 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport65 km

About Vorder Glärnisch

Vorder Glärnisch is a mountain. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. Elevation: 2,328 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (61 km). Nearby sights include Forenstogg and Gleiterhorn.

Climate of Vorder Glärnisch

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 128 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
January (night -12°)
Wettest month
July (193 mm)
Driest month
January (100 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
Climate of Vorder Glärnisch
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-6°-5°-2°1°6°9°11°11°8°3°-3°-5°
Average low (°C)-12°-12°-10°-7°-3°0°3°3°0°-4°-9°-11°
Precipitation (mm)100102108127140178193180143121128116

How to get to Vorder Glärnisch

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 61 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 53 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 61 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 65 kmnortheast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 80 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 53 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 59 kmnorthwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 122 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 126 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 141 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Vorder Glärnisch

Within 100 km: 409 historic and cultural sites, 7,008 natural sites, 1,174 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km805 places

  • Walensee Lake 16 kmNE
  • Wägitalersee Lake 12 kmNW
  • Sihlsee Lake 22 kmNW
  • Obersee Lake 8 kmN

25–60 km2,700 places

  • Ufenau Island 29 kmNW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 29 kmNW
  • Schönenwerd Island 32 kmNW
  • Insel Schwanau Island 34 kmW

60–100 km5,086 places

  • Mainau Island 77 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 63 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 72 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 71 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Schwanden Village, Glarus Süd
    3.7 km SE
  • Ennenda Village, Glarus
    3.1 km NE
  • Glarus Municipality, Glarus
    4.7 km W
  • Glarus City, Glarus
    2.9 km NE
  • Sool Village, Glarus Süd
    4.2 km SE
  • Nidfurn Village, Glarus Süd
    4.1 km S

Nearby attractions & nature

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