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Gwächten

Located in Erstfeld, Uri Coordinates: 46°47′20″ N 8°35′04″ E

Map showing the location of Gwächten Gwächten
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,814 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Erstfeld
6 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
BRN Bern Airport84 km

About Gwächten

Gwächten is a mountain. Location: Erstfeld, Uri. Elevation: 2,814 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Mäntliser and Rot Stock.

Climate of Gwächten

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
Wettest month
July (163 mm)
Driest month
February (97 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 Gwächten
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-7°-6°-4°1°5°8°8°5°1°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-12°-10°-5°-2°0°0°-2°-6°-10°-12°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Gwächten

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 74 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 64 km to the north.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 74 kmnorth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 84 kmwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 91 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 80 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 88 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 115 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 143 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Gwächten

Within 100 km: 274 historic and cultural sites, 6,921 natural sites, 985 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,215 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 12 kmN
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 12 kmN
  • Oberalpsee Lake 16 kmSE
  • Engstlensee Lake 17 kmW

25–60 km2,959 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 60 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 48 kmW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 41 kmW
  • Lago Nero Lake 38 kmS

60–100 km4,006 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 90 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 70 kmN
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 60 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 64 kmW

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