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Natural site

Tschingelfirn

Located in Wassen, Uri Coordinates: 46°43′05″ N 8°28′43″ E

Map showing the location of Tschingelfirn Tschingelfirn
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,777 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Färnigen
3.8 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
BRN Bern Airport78 km
ZRH Zürich Airport82 km

About Tschingelfirn

Tschingelfirn is a natural site. Location: Wassen, Uri. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Stucklistock and Gross Griessenhorn.

Climate of Tschingelfirn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
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 Tschingelfirn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-7°-7°-6°-4°1°4°7°8°5°1°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-13°-12°-10°-5°-2°0°1°-2°-5°-9°-12°
Precipitation (mm)10396109121124141144138119119121111

How to get to Tschingelfirn

The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 78 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (82 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 72 km to the north.

Airports

  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 78 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 82 kmnorth
  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 86 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 72 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 83 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 90 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 116 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 143 kmwest

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

Day trips from Tschingelfirn

Within 100 km: 234 historic and cultural sites, 6,889 natural sites, 955 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,226 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 22 kmNE
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 22 kmNE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 16 kmSE
  • Lago di Lucendro Lake 18 kmS

25–60 km3,051 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 51 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 51 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 55 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 39 kmW

60–100 km3,801 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 85 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 77 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 68 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 60 kmN

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