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Mountain

Mount Pilatus

Located in Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland Coordinates: 46°58′49″ N 8°15′26″ E

Map showing the location of Mount Pilatus Mount Pilatus
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,119 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Hergiswil (NW)
1.3 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport57 km
BRN Bern Airport58 km

About Mount Pilatus

Mount Pilatus is a mountain. Location: Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. Elevation: 2,119 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Klimsenhorn and Esel.

Climate of Mount Pilatus

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -8° · Rain 116 mm

Hottest month
July (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
June (162 mm)
Driest month
January (94 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 Mount Pilatus
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-4°-1°2°8°10°13°13°9°4°-1°-4°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-6°-2°1°4°4°1°-3°-8°-10°
Precipitation (mm)94101103113127162160156111112116108

How to get to Mount Pilatus

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 57 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 48 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 57 kmnorth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 58 kmwest
  • EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) Bâle / Mulhouse 89 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 48 kmnortheast
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 62 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 68 kmnortheast
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 83 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 111 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Mount Pilatus

Within 100 km: 341 historic and cultural sites, 6,026 natural sites, 979 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km547 places

  • Sankt-Niklausen-Insle Island 10 kmNE
  • Insel Eielen Island 24 kmNE
  • Gamma-Inseli Island 23 kmNW
  • Altstadinsle Island 10 kmNE

25–60 km2,641 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 49 kmN
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 48 kmSW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 48 kmSW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 52 kmSW

60–100 km4,158 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 63 kmW
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 93 kmNE
  • Lago Nero Lake 63 kmS
  • Sankt Petersinsel Island 85 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Hergiswil (NW) Municipality, Nidwalden
    1.3 km NE
  • Kriens Municipality, Lucerne-Land District
    4.5 km N
  • Alpnach Municipality, Obwalden
    3.9 km SW
  • Hergiswil Town, Hergiswil (NW)
    4 km E
  • Horw Municipality, Lucerne-Land District
    5.5 km NE
  • Alpnach Town, Alpnach
    4.4 km S

Nearby attractions & nature

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