- Elevation
- 1,759 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport30 km
- FDH Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen48 km
About Alpstein
Alpstein is a mountain. Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Elevation: 1,759 m. The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (30 km). Nearby sights include Fälentürm and Altmannkamm.
Photos of Alpstein
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Säntis Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Alpstein
This month · November
A wet month
Day 1° · Night -5° · Rain 117 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -9°)
- Wettest month
- July (181 mm)
- Driest month
- January (92 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -3° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 1° | -2° |
| Average low (°C) | -9° | -9° | -6° | -4° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 3° | -1° | -5° | -8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 92 | 92 | 100 | 115 | 133 | 168 | 181 | 168 | 133 | 104 | 117 | 104 |
How to get to Alpstein
The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), 30 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) (48 km). The nearest large city is Winterthur, 57 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 30 kmnortheast
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 48 kmnorth
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 67 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 57 kmnorthwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmwest
- Ulm Population: 120.5K 136 kmnorth
- Reutlingen Population: 112.6K 139 kmnorth
- Basel Population: 177.6K 140 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Alpstein
Within 100 km: 467 historic and cultural sites, 6,270 natural sites, 1,257 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km379 places
- Walensee Lake 19 kmSW
- Voralpsee Lake 10 kmS
- Alter Rhein Lake 25 kmNE
- Chapfensee Lake 22 kmS
25–60 km2,424 places
- Mainau Island 53 kmN
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 49 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 55 kmNW
- Ufenau Island 45 kmW
60–100 km5,191 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 73 kmW
- Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 88 kmW
- Insel Schwanau Island 64 kmW
- Saffa Insel Island 65 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Wees Village, Schwende-Rüte0.9 km NE
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Meglisalp Village, Schwende-Rüte1.2 km NE
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Gams Municipality, Werdenberg Disctrict5.7 km SE
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Wildhaus Village, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann4.9 km S
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Sennwald Municipality, Werdenberg Disctrict7.6 km E
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Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann Municipality, Wahlkreis Toggenburg7.5 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Fälentürm Mountain, Schwende-Rüte0.5 km SE
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Altmannkamm Mountain, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann0.9 km SW
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Altmann Mountain, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann0.9 km SW
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Fliskopf Mountain, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann0.9 km SW
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Fälenschafberg Mountain, Schwende-Rüte1.1 km E
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Säntis Mountain, Appenzell Innerrhoden2.5 km W
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Nädliger Mountain, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann1.4 km SW
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Nadlenspitz Mountain, Schwende-Rüte1.5 km E
Sources & licences
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