- Elevation
- 2,769 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
- LUG Lugano Airport91 km
About Hälsifirn
Hälsifirn is a natural site. Location: Silenen, Uri. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Scheerhorn and Bocktschingelgrat.
Photos of Hälsifirn
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Gross Windgällen Simon Koopmann · CC BY-SA 2.5 -
Gross Ruchen Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy · CC BY 2.0
Climate of Hälsifirn
This month · November
A wet month
Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 135 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 8°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- July (170 mm)
- Driest month
- February (101 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -7° | -7° | -5° | -4° | 1° | 5° | 8° | 8° | 5° | 1° | -4° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -12° | -10° | -5° | -2° | 1° | 1° | -2° | -5° | -10° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 101 | 120 | 143 | 145 | 164 | 170 | 164 | 147 | 139 | 135 | 119 |
How to get to Hälsifirn
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 74 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 64 km to the north.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 74 kmnorth
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 91 kmsouth
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 92 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 76 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 106 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 125 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 150 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Hälsifirn
Within 100 km: 311 historic and cultural sites, 7,058 natural sites, 1,057 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km988 places
- Neptun-Inseln Island 19 kmNW
- Lorelei-Inseln Island 19 kmNW
- Oberalpsee Lake 22 kmSW
- Lag Crest Ault Lake 11 kmS
25–60 km3,189 places
- Lago Nero Lake 47 kmSW
- Ufenau Island 44 kmN
- Insel Lützelau Island 44 kmN
- Schönenwerd Island 43 kmN
60–100 km4,249 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmNW
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 97 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 94 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 79 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Unterschächen Municipality, Uri4.8 km NW
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Unterschächen Village, Unterschächen6.3 km NW
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Aesch Village, Unterschächen4.9 km N
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Spiringen Municipality, Uri9 km NE
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Balmenegg Village, Silenen6.1 km SW
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Spiringen Village, Spiringen9.3 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Scheerhorn Mountain, Silenen0.6 km N
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Bocktschingelgrat Mountain, Silenen0.4 km E
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Hälsigrat Mountain, Silenen0.4 km NW
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Gross Schärhorn Mountain, Unterschächen0.6 km N
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Chli Schärhorn Mountain, Unterschächen0.8 km N
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Huetstöckli Mountain, Silenen1 km W
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Bocktschingelfirn Natural site, Silenen1.2 km W
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Chalchschijen Mountain, Silenen1.7 km SW
Sources & licences
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