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Mountain

Pfaffen

Located in Silenen, Uri Coordinates: 46°48′03″ N 8°41′37″ E

Map showing the location of Pfaffen Pfaffen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
1,833 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Silenen
2 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
LUG Lugano Airport90 km

About Pfaffen

Pfaffen is a mountain. Location: Silenen, Uri. Elevation: 1,833 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Riedersegg and Gross Windgällen.

Climate of Pfaffen

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -4° · Rain 135 mm

Hottest month
August (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -7°)
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).

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Climate of Pfaffen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°-1°1°2°7°11°14°14°11°7°2°0°
Average low (°C)-7°-7°-6°-4°1°4°7°7°4°1°-4°-6°
Precipitation (mm)112101120143145164170164147139135119

How to get to Pfaffen

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 90 kmsouth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 92 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 78 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 96 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 120 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 147 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Pfaffen

Within 100 km: 290 historic and cultural sites, 6,991 natural sites, 1,013 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,115 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 12 kmNW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 12 kmNW
  • Oberalpsee Lake 16 kmS
  • Lag Crest Ault Lake 14 kmSE

25–60 km3,074 places

  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 50 kmW
  • Lago Nero Lake 41 kmS
  • Ufenau Island 47 kmN

60–100 km4,105 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 98 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 70 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 98 kmN
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 68 kmW

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