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Mountain

Gemschen

Located in Wassen, Uri Coordinates: 46°44′57″ N 8°29′50″ E

Map showing the location of Gemschen Gemschen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,233 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Färnigen
2.5 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport78 km
ZRH Zürich Airport79 km

About Gemschen

Gemschen is a mountain. Location: Wassen, Uri. Elevation: 2,233 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Hohbergstöckli and Mutschen.

Climate of Gemschen

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month
August (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -10°)
Wettest month
July (144 mm)
Driest month
February (96 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 Gemschen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-4°-2°-1°4°8°11°11°8°4°0°-2°
Average low (°C)-9°-10°-8°-6°-2°1°4°4°2°-1°-6°-8°
Precipitation (mm)10396109121124141144138119119121111

How to get to Gemschen

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 78 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (79 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 69 km to the north.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 78 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 79 kmnorth
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 89 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 69 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 83 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 86 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 114 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 142 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Gemschen

Within 100 km: 243 historic and cultural sites, 6,866 natural sites, 971 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,224 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 18 kmNE
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 18 kmNE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 16 kmSE
  • Lago di Lucendro Lake 21 kmS

25–60 km3,014 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 53 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 53 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 57 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 40 kmW

60–100 km3,842 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 85 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 73 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 65 kmN
  • Isole di Brissago Island 71 kmS

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