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Mountain

Gross Furkahorn

Located in Realp, Uri Coordinates: 46°35′47″ N 8°24′37″ E

Map showing the location of Gross Furkahorn Gross Furkahorn
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,167 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tiefenbach
4 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport76 km
BRN Bern Airport78 km

About Gross Furkahorn

Gross Furkahorn is a mountain. Location: Realp, Uri. Elevation: 3,167 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (76 km). Nearby sights include Sidelenhorn and Sidelengrat.

Climate of Gross Furkahorn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -6° · Night -11° · Rain 104 mm

Hottest month
August (day 5°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
Wettest month
July (116 mm)
Driest month
February (82 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 Gross Furkahorn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-9°-9°-8°-7°-2°1°5°5°2°-1°-6°-8°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-14°-12°-7°-4°-2°-1°-4°-7°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)91829710610611411611610610710493

How to get to Gross Furkahorn

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 76 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (96 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 83 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 76 kmsoutheast
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 78 kmnorthwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 96 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Bern Population: 121.6K 83 kmnorthwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 86 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 104 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 124 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 137 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gross Furkahorn

Within 100 km: 211 historic and cultural sites, 6,953 natural sites, 940 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,170 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 19 kmSE
  • Lago Sfundau Lake 17 kmSE
  • Lago del Sambuco Lake 24 kmSE
  • Lago Ritom Lake 22 kmE

25–60 km3,206 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 46 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 47 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 50 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 36 kmW

60–100 km3,728 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 85 kmNW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 90 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 80 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 75 kmN

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