Skip to content
Geonivora
Mountain

Schijen

Located in Erstfeld, Uri Coordinates: 46°47′39″ N 8°37′44″ E

Map showing the location of Schijen Schijen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,096 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Erstfeld
3.2 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
BRN Bern Airport87 km

About Schijen

Schijen is a mountain. Location: Erstfeld, Uri. Elevation: 2,096 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Grossgand and Holzbiel.

Climate of Schijen

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month
August (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -9°)
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).

Show values as a table
Climate of Schijen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°-1°1°6°9°12°12°9°5°0°-2°
Average low (°C)-9°-9°-8°-5°-1°2°5°5°2°-1°-6°-8°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Schijen

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 87 kmwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 90 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 79 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 92 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 117 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 145 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Schijen

Within 100 km: 279 historic and cultural sites, 6,971 natural sites, 998 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,206 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 11 kmN
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 11 kmN
  • Oberalpsee Lake 15 kmS
  • Engstlensee Lake 21 kmW

25–60 km2,993 places

  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 51 kmW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 45 kmW
  • Lago Nero Lake 39 kmS
  • Ufenau Island 48 kmN

60–100 km4,049 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 93 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 70 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 100 kmN
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 63 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: