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Axen

Located in Unterschächen, Uri Coordinates: 46°52′48″ N 8°47′33″ E

Map showing the location of Axen Axen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,096 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Unterschächen
2.6 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport67 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport89 km

About Axen

Axen is a mountain. Location: Unterschächen, Uri. Elevation: 2,096 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (67 km). Nearby sights include Unter Sädel and Ober Sädel.

Climate of Axen

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 139 mm

Hottest month
July (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -10°)
Wettest month
July (192 mm)
Driest month
February (106 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 Axen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°-1°2°7°10°13°13°9°5°0°-2°
Average low (°C)-10°-10°-8°-6°-1°2°5°5°2°-2°-6°-9°
Precipitation (mm)110106118145155185192182152140139123

How to get to Axen

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 67 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 57 km to the north.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 67 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 89 kmnortheast
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 98 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 57 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 70 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 103 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 119 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 143 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Axen

Within 100 km: 342 historic and cultural sites, 6,954 natural sites, 1,070 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,008 places

  • Insel Schwanau Island 23 kmNW
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 14 kmW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 14 kmW
  • Lauerzersee Lake 22 kmNW

25–60 km2,990 places

  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 59 kmW
  • Lago Nero Lake 52 kmS
  • Ufenau Island 37 kmN
  • Insel Lützelau Island 38 kmN

60–100 km4,368 places

  • Mainau Island 97 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 65 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 92 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 88 kmN

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