- Elevation
- 2,189 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport80 km
- LUG Lugano Airport84 km
About Hoch Egg
Hoch Egg is a mountain. Location: Silenen, Uri. Elevation: 2,189 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (80 km). Nearby sights include Tscharren and Hinter Stöckli.
Photos of Hoch Egg
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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 Hoch Egg
This month · November
A wet month
Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 135 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 12°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -10°)
- 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) | -3° | -3° | -2° | 0° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 0° | -2° |
| Average low (°C) | -9° | -10° | -8° | -6° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 2° | -1° | -6° | -8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 101 | 120 | 143 | 145 | 164 | 170 | 164 | 147 | 139 | 135 | 119 |
How to get to Hoch Egg
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 80 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 70 km to the north.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 80 kmnorth
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 84 kmsouth
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 97 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 70 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 84 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 101 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 126 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 154 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Hoch Egg
Within 100 km: 262 historic and cultural sites, 7,098 natural sites, 996 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1,110 places
- Neptun-Inseln Island 19 kmNW
- Lorelei-Inseln Island 19 kmNW
- Lago Ritom Lake 24 kmS
- Oberalpsee Lake 12 kmSW
25–60 km3,183 places
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 59 kmW
- Strandbad Brienz Beach 53 kmW
- Lago Nero Lake 37 kmSW
- Ufenau Island 52 kmN
60–100 km4,063 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 76 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 71 kmW
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 72 kmW
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 75 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Silenen Village, Gurtnellen6.7 km NW
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Balmenegg Village, Silenen3.9 km NE
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Bristen Village, Silenen4.4 km NW
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Amsteg Village, Gurtnellen6 km W -
Gurtnellen Municipality, Uri9.2 km W
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Gurtnellen Village, Gurtnellen8.9 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Tscharren Mountain, Silenen0.4 km E
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Hinter Stöckli Mountain, Silenen1.1 km SE
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Stöcklifirn Natural site, Silenen1.5 km S
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Etzlibergstock Mountain, Silenen1.7 km S
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Stöcklifirn Natural site, Silenen1.6 km S
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Gemsplanggenstöckli Mountain, Silenen1.7 km E
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Bächenfirn Natural site, Silenen1.7 km E
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Glatscher da Strem Natural site, Tujetsch1.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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