- Elevation
- 2,768 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport78 km
- LUG Lugano Airport87 km
About Tschingelfirn
Tschingelfirn is a natural site. Location: Silenen, Uri. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Hagstäcken and Höchen Schijen.
Photos of Tschingelfirn
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Gross Windgällen Simon Koopmann · CC BY-SA 2.5 -
Gross Ruchen Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy · CC BY 2.0 -
Val Russein Isjc99 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Tschingelfirn
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 Tschingelfirn
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 78 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 68 km to the north.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 78 kmnorth
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 87 kmsouth
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 96 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 68 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 81 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 107 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 128 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 154 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Tschingelfirn
Within 100 km: 276 historic and cultural sites, 7,081 natural sites, 1,036 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km976 places
- Neptun-Inseln Island 21 kmNW
- Lorelei-Inseln Island 21 kmNW
- Oberalpsee Lake 18 kmSW
- Lag Crest Ault Lake 6 kmS
25–60 km3,288 places
- Strandbad Brienz Beach 60 kmW
- Lago Nero Lake 43 kmSW
- Ufenau Island 48 kmN
- Insel Lützelau Island 49 kmN
60–100 km4,129 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 75 kmNW
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 98 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 78 kmW
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 78 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Balmenegg Village, Silenen4 km W
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Disentis/Mustér Municipality, Region Surselva8.8 km S
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Unterschächen Municipality, Uri8.7 km N
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Disentis Village, Disentis/Mustér9 km S
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Unterschächen Village, Unterschächen9.9 km NW
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Silenen Village, Gurtnellen12 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Hagstäcken Mountain, Disentis/Mustér0.3 km E
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Höchen Schijen Mountain, Silenen0.4 km NW
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Chli Düssi Mountain, Silenen0.6 km N
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Straligenstöckli Mountain, Silenen0.9 km SE
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Gross Düssi Mountain, Silenen1 km N
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Düssistock Mountain, Silenen1.1 km N
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Hangfirn Natural site, Silenen1.2 km N
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Glatscher da Cavrein Natural site, Disentis/Mustér1.3 km NE
Sources & licences
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