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Gandschijen

Located in Göschenen, Uri Coordinates: 46°39′44″ N 8°30′37″ E

Map showing the location of Gandschijen Gandschijen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,389 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Wiggen
1.9 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport79 km
BRN Bern Airport82 km

About Gandschijen

Gandschijen is a mountain. Location: Göschenen, Uri. Elevation: 2,389 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Hochschijen and Unter Höhenberg.

Climate of Gandschijen

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -7° · Rain 118 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -11°)
Wettest month
June (142 mm)
Driest month
February (85 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 Gandschijen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-3°-1°4°8°11°11°8°4°-1°-3°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-3°0°3°3°1°-3°-7°-9°
Precipitation (mm)9685105128134142142141129131118100

How to get to Gandschijen

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 79 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (89 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 78 km to the north.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 79 kmsoutheast
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 82 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 89 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 78 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 87 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 95 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 122 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 145 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gandschijen

Within 100 km: 220 historic and cultural sites, 6,990 natural sites, 963 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,237 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 24 kmS
  • Lago Sfundau Lake 22 kmS
  • Lago Ritom Lake 19 kmSE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 12 kmE

25–60 km3,131 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 53 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 53 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 57 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 42 kmW

60–100 km3,805 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 89 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 83 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 75 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 65 kmN

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