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Schafschijen

Located in Gurtnellen, Uri Coordinates: 46°45′07″ N 8°32′45″ E

Map showing the location of Schafschijen Schafschijen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,840 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Wassen
3.2 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport79 km
BRN Bern Airport82 km

About Schafschijen

Schafschijen is a mountain. Location: Gurtnellen, Uri. Elevation: 2,840 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Miesplanggenstock and Helgenflue.

Climate of Schafschijen

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · 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 Schafschijen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-6°-4°1°4°8°8°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-12°-10°-6°-3°0°0°-3°-6°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Schafschijen

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 79 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 68 km to the north.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 79 kmnorth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 82 kmwest
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 88 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 68 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 85 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 87 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 116 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 144 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Schafschijen

Within 100 km: 257 historic and cultural sites, 6,917 natural sites, 979 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,276 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 16 kmN
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 17 kmN
  • Oberalpsee Lake 14 kmSE
  • Lago di Lucendro Lake 21 kmS

25–60 km2,990 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 57 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 44 kmW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 38 kmW

60–100 km3,887 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 88 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 73 kmN
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 60 kmW
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 66 kmN

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