Hangfirn, Göschenen — Elevation, map and nearby sights

About Hangfirn

Hangfirn is a natural site. Location: Göschenen, Uri. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Stucklistock and Tschingelfirn.

Photos of Hangfirn

Titlis Mussklprozz · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Hangfirn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month: August (day 7°)
Coldest month: February (night -14°)
Wettest month: July (144 mm)
Driest month: February (96 mm)

-8° -13°

-8° -14°

-7° -13°

-5° -10°

0° -6°

4° -3°

7° 0°

4° -2°

0° -5°

-5° -10°

-7° -12°

Jan

103

Feb

96

Mar

109

Apr

121

May

124

Jun

141

Jul

144

Aug

138

Sep

119

Oct

119

Nov

121

Dec

111

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 Hangfirn
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-8°	-8°	-7°	-5°	0°	4°	7°	7°	4°	0°	-5°	-7°
Average low (°C)	-13°	-14°	-13°	-10°	-6°	-3°	0°	0°	-2°	-5°	-10°	-12°
Precipitation (mm)	103	96	109	121	124	141	144	138	119	119	121	111

How to get to Hangfirn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 78 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (83 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 73 km to the north.

Airports

Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 78 kmwest
Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 83 kmnorth
Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 85 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Zurich Population: 415.4K 73 kmnorth
Bern Population: 121.6K 83 kmwest
Winterthur Population: 111.8K 90 kmnorth
Basel Population: 177.6K 117 kmnorthwest
Lausanne Population: 139.1K 143 kmwest

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

Day trips from Hangfirn

Within 100 km: 234 historic and cultural sites, 6,903 natural sites, 956 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,239 places

Neptun-Inseln Island 22 kmNE
Lorelei-Inseln Island 23 kmNE
Lago Ritom Lake 25 kmSE
Oberalpsee Lake 15 kmSE

25–60 km3,047 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 51 kmW
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 51 kmW
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 55 kmW
Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 39 kmW

60–100 km3,807 places

Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 85 kmW
Fahr Abbey Attraction 77 kmN
Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 69 kmN
Ufenau Island 60 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Wassen Municipality, Uri
4.1 km E
Färnigen Village, Wassen
3.9 km NE
Göschenen Village, Göschenen
9.4 km SE
Steingletscher Village, Innertkirchen
4.7 km NW
Göscheneralp Village, Göschenen
6.9 km S
Wassen Village, Wassen
8.9 km E

Hangfirn

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Stucklistock Mountain, Wassen
0.6 km NE
Tschingelfirn Natural site, Wassen
0.7 km NW
Gross Griessenhorn Mountain, Wassen
0.9 km N
Fleckistock Mountain, Wassen
1.3 km SE
Hangfirn Natural site, Wassen
1.3 km NE
Rütifirn Natural site, Wassen
1.5 km E
Wallenburfirn Natural site, Göschenen
1.5 km SW
Griessenfirn Natural site, Wassen
1.6 km N