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Höch Windgällen

Located in Unterschächen, Uri Coordinates: 46°53′17″ N 8°47′30″ E

Map showing the location of Höch Windgällen Höch Windgällen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,764 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Unterschächen
3.3 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport66 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport88 km

About Höch Windgällen

Höch Windgällen is a mountain. Location: Unterschächen, Uri. Elevation: 2,764 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Läged Windgällen and Axen.

Climate of Höch Windgällen

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -11° · Rain 139 mm

Hottest month
July (day 9°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
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 Höch Windgällen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-7°-5°-3°2°6°9°8°5°1°-4°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-12°-10°-5°-2°0°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)110106118145155185192182152140139123

How to get to Höch Windgällen

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 66 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 56 km to the north.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 66 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 88 kmnortheast
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 99 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 56 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 69 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 103 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 119 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 142 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Höch Windgällen

Within 100 km: 349 historic and cultural sites, 6,943 natural sites, 1,071 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,012 places

  • Insel Schwanau Island 22 kmNW
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 14 kmW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 14 kmW
  • Wägitalersee Lake 24 kmNE

25–60 km2,964 places

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

60–100 km4,387 places

  • Mainau Island 96 kmN
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 64 kmNW
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 91 kmN
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 87 kmN

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