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Urnerboden

Located in Spiringen, Uri Coordinates: 46°53′21″ N 8°54′05″ E

Urnerboden
Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,385 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport69 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport83 km

About Urnerboden

Urnerboden is a village. Location: Spiringen, Uri. Elevation: 1,385 m.

From Wikipedia

The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the Swiss canton of Uri. At 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in length, it is believed to be the largest alp in Switzerland. It forms a disconnected part of the municipality of Spiringen, separated from the rump of that municipality by some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of the municipality of Unterschächen and by the Klausen Pass.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Official website
urnerboden.ch

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Urnerboden

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 151 mm

Hottest month
August (day 17°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
July (199 mm)
Driest month
February (114 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
Climate of Urnerboden
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°3°5°10°14°17°17°14°10°5°3°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-3°-1°4°7°9°9°7°4°-1°-3°
Precipitation (mm)126114130156160188199186165150151136

How to get to Urnerboden

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 69 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 59 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 69 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 83 kmnortheast
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 98 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 59 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 70 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 111 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 125 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 146 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Urnerboden

Within 100 km: 364 historic and cultural sites, 7,115 natural sites, 1,106 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km886 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 23 kmW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 22 kmW
  • Wägitalersee Lake 22 kmN
  • Obersee Lake 24 kmN

25–60 km3,086 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 56 kmSW
  • Ufenau Island 38 kmN
  • Insel Lützelau Island 38 kmN
  • Schönenwerd Island 38 kmN

60–100 km4,613 places

  • Mainau Island 93 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 68 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 89 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 86 kmN

Straight-line distances.

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