- Elevation
- 2,645 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport74 km
- LUG Lugano Airport91 km
About Ruchenfirn
Ruchenfirn is a natural site. Location: Silenen, Uri. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Gross Ruchen and Chanzeli.
Photos of Ruchenfirn
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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 Ruchenfirn
This month · November
A wet month
Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 135 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 9°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -12°)
- 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) | -6° | -6° | -5° | -3° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -3° | -5° |
| Average low (°C) | -12° | -12° | -11° | -9° | -4° | -1° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -4° | -9° | -11° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 101 | 120 | 143 | 145 | 164 | 170 | 164 | 147 | 139 | 135 | 119 |
How to get to Ruchenfirn
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 95 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 64 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 77 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 104 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 124 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 149 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Ruchenfirn
Within 100 km: 302 historic and cultural sites, 7,033 natural sites, 1,046 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1,029 places
- Neptun-Inseln Island 17 kmNW
- Lorelei-Inseln Island 17 kmNW
- Oberalpsee Lake 20 kmSW
- Lag Crest Ault Lake 10 kmS
25–60 km3,163 places
- Strandbad Brienz Beach 57 kmW
- Lago Nero Lake 45 kmSW
- Ufenau Island 45 kmN
- Insel Lützelau Island 45 kmN
60–100 km4,189 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 71 kmN
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 99 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 95 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 76 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Unterschächen Municipality, Uri4.8 km N
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Unterschächen Village, Unterschächen5.6 km N
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Balmenegg Village, Silenen3.9 km SW
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Vorder Boden Village, Unterschächen3.8 km NW
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Spiringen Village, Spiringen8 km NW
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Silenen Village, Gurtnellen9.5 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Gross Ruchen Mountain, Unterschächen1.4 km W
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Chanzeli Mountain, Unterschächen0.4 km W
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Sattelhoren Mountain, Silenen0.8 km N
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Chli Ruchen Mountain, Silenen0.8 km NE
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Chalchschijen Mountain, Silenen1.1 km E
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Alpgnofer Stock Mountain, Silenen1.1 km SW
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Eggen Mountain, Silenen1.2 km S
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Ober Firnband Natural site, Unterschächen1.1 km N
More nature in Switzerland
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Gross Windgällen Mountain, Silenen4.6 km W
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Scheerhorn Mountain, Silenen3.2 km NE
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Ruchennadel Mountain, Silenen1.4 km SW
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Huetstöckli Mountain, Silenen1.8 km NE
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Bocktschingelfirn Natural site, Silenen1.7 km NE
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Pucher Mountain, Silenen2.6 km W
Sources & licences
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