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Mountain

Grassen

Located in Wassen, Uri Coordinates: 46°45′48″ N 8°26′54″ E

Map showing the location of Grassen Grassen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,945 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Engelberg
6.4 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport74 km
ZRH Zürich Airport78 km

About Grassen

Grassen is a mountain. Location: Wassen, Uri. Elevation: 2,945 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Titlis and Wasenhorn.

Climate of Grassen

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -11° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
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 Grassen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-5°-1°3°6°7°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-13°-11°-6°-3°-1°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)10396109121124141144138119119121111

How to get to Grassen

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 74 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (78 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 68 km to the north.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 74 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 78 kmnorth
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 92 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 68 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 79 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 85 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 111 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 139 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Grassen

Within 100 km: 248 historic and cultural sites, 6,748 natural sites, 983 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,141 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 19 kmNE
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 19 kmNE
  • Sarnersee Lake 21 kmNW
  • Oberalpsee Lake 20 kmSE

25–60 km3,026 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 49 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 49 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 53 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 37 kmW

60–100 km3,812 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 81 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 63 kmN
  • Isole di Brissago Island 74 kmS

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