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Höchst

Located in Grabs, Werdenberg Disctrict Coordinates: 47°08′39″ N 9°20′55″ E

Map showing the location of Höchst Höchst
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,025 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Walenstadt
2.5 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport41 km
FDH Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen60 km

About Höchst

Höchst is a mountain. Location: Grabs, Werdenberg Disctrict. Elevation: 2,025 m. The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (41 km). Nearby sights include Höchst - Ostgipfel and Platten.

Climate of Höchst

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -7° · Rain 108 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
January (night -10°)
Wettest month
July (164 mm)
Driest month
February (83 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 Höchst
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-3°0°3°8°11°14°13°10°5°0°-3°
Average low (°C)-10°-10°-8°-5°-1°2°4°5°1°-2°-7°-9°
Precipitation (mm)8683931021201501641531239910897

How to get to Höchst

The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), 41 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) (60 km). The nearest large city is Winterthur, 62 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 41 kmnortheast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 60 kmnorth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 70 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 62 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 65 kmnorthwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 142 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 146 kmwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 147 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Höchst

Within 100 km: 427 historic and cultural sites, 6,753 natural sites, 1,266 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km588 places

  • Walensee Lake 12 kmW
  • Voralpsee Lake 3 kmNE
  • Scheubsbach Lake 23 kmS
  • Heustockseeli Lake 21 kmSW

25–60 km2,491 places

  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 59 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 44 kmW
  • Insel Lützelau Island 43 kmW
  • Schönenwerd Island 48 kmW

60–100 km5,367 places

  • Mainau Island 63 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 75 kmNW
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 64 kmNW
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 87 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Walenstadt Municipality, Wahlkreis Sarganserland
    2.5 km SW
  • Walenstadt Town, Walenstadt
    3.6 km SW
  • Lüsis Village, Walenstadt
    1.1 km SW
  • Schwanz Village, Grabs
    2.2 km NE
  • Plisa Village, Grabs
    2.6 km NW
  • Germil Village, Grabs
    2.7 km NE

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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