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Mountain

Rothorn

Located in Göschenen, Uri Coordinates: 46°41′29″ N 8°31′13″ E

Map showing the location of Rothorn Rothorn
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,192 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Wassen
3.8 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport82 km
LUG Lugano Airport82 km

About Rothorn

Rothorn is a mountain. Location: Göschenen, Uri. Elevation: 3,192 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (82 km). Nearby sights include Rohrspitzli and Rohrfirn.

Climate of Rothorn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -7° · Night -13° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month
August (day 5°)
Coldest month
February (night -16°)
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 Rothorn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-10°-10°-8°-6°-1°2°5°5°2°-2°-7°-9°
Average low (°C)-16°-16°-15°-12°-8°-5°-2°-2°-5°-8°-13°-15°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Rothorn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 82 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (85 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 75 km to the north.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 82 kmwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 82 kmsouth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 85 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 75 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 87 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 92 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 120 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 146 kmwest

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

Day trips from Rothorn

Within 100 km: 228 historic and cultural sites, 6,991 natural sites, 962 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,228 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 23 kmN
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 24 kmN
  • Lago Ritom Lake 21 kmSE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 11 kmE

25–60 km3,112 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 54 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 54 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 58 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 42 kmW

60–100 km3,841 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 89 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 80 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 72 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 62 kmN

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