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Lake

Gitschensee

Located in Hospental, Uri Coordinates: 46°35′45″ N 8°32′25″ E

Map showing the location of Gitschensee Gitschensee
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,188 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Hospental
3.5 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport72 km
BRN Bern Airport87 km

About Gitschensee

Gitschensee is a lake. Location: Hospental, Uri. Elevation: 2,188 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (72 km). Nearby sights include Hochstock and Winterhorn.

Climate of Gitschensee

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 118 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -9°)
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 Gitschensee
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°-2°0°5°9°12°12°9°5°0°-2°
Average low (°C)-9°-9°-8°-6°-1°2°5°5°2°-1°-6°-8°
Precipitation (mm)9685105128134142142141129131118100

How to get to Gitschensee

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 72 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (96 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 86 km to the north.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 72 kmsoutheast
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 87 kmnorthwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 96 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 86 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 92 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 102 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 130 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 147 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gitschensee

Within 100 km: 208 historic and cultural sites, 7,032 natural sites, 953 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,144 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 16 kmS
  • Lago Tremorgio Lake 19 kmSE
  • Lago Sfundau Lake 15 kmS
  • Lago del Sambuco Lake 18 kmSE

25–60 km3,236 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 57 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 59 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 45 kmW

60–100 km3,813 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 94 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 91 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 82 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 71 kmN

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