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Mountain

Horn

Located in Lungern, Obwalden Coordinates: 46°46′54″ N 8°11′38″ E

Map showing the location of Horn Horn
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
1,858 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Lungern
2.6 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport55 km
ZRH Zürich Airport80 km

About Horn

Horn is a mountain. Location: Lungern, Obwalden. Elevation: 1,858 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Erzbiel and Schild.

Climate of Horn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -5° · Rain 116 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -8°)
Wettest month
June (147 mm)
Driest month
January (95 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 Horn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-2°-1°1°3°9°12°15°15°11°7°2°-1°
Average low (°C)-8°-8°-6°-4°1°4°6°6°3°0°-5°-7°
Precipitation (mm)9595103116126147145142112116116106

How to get to Horn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 55 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (80 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 60 km to the west.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 55 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 80 kmnorth
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 103 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 60 kmwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 70 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 90 kmnortheast
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 98 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 123 kmwest

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

Day trips from Horn

Within 100 km: 270 historic and cultural sites, 6,571 natural sites, 951 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km928 places

  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 19 kmSW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 12 kmW
  • Schnäggeninseli Island 18 kmSW
  • Sarnersee Lake 10 kmN

25–60 km2,896 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 31 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 31 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 35 kmSW
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 58 kmN

60–100 km3,968 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 62 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 66 kmNE
  • Sankt Petersinsel Island 86 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Lungern Village, Lungern
    2.6 km W
  • Hasliberg Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    4.7 km SE
  • Obsee Village, Lungern
    3 km W
  • Meiringen Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District
    6.2 km S
  • Giswil Village, Giswil
    5.8 km N
  • Sachseln Municipality, Obwalden
    7.1 km NE

Nearby attractions & nature

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