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Municipality

Volketswil

Located in Uster District, Canton of Zurich Coordinates: 47°23′33″ N 8°41′22″ E

Map showing the location of Volketswil Volketswil
Location in Switzerland
Population
18,640
18.6K
Elevation
487 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Places inside
22
listed under Volketswil
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport13 km
ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport67 km

About Volketswil

Volketswil is a municipality. Location: Uster District, Canton of Zurich. Population: 18,640. Elevation: 487 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (13 km). Nearby sights include Wildertweiher and Aa.

Climate of Volketswil

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 88 mm

Hottest month
July (day 24°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
June (134 mm)
Driest month
January (62 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 Volketswil
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°5°10°13°18°21°24°23°19°14°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°1°4°8°11°13°13°10°6°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)6274678410313412912390818880

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Volketswil

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 13 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 11 km to the west.

Airports

  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 13 kmnorthwest
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 67 kmeast
  • Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) Friedrichshafen 69 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 11 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 13 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 86 kmwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 92 kmnorthwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 106 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Volketswil

Within 100 km: 582 historic and cultural sites, 4,874 natural sites, 977 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km188 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 19 kmW
  • Ufenau Island 21 kmS
  • Insel Lützelau Island 21 kmS
  • Schönenwerd Island 21 kmS

25–60 km1,641 places

  • Mainau Island 52 kmNE
  • Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 48 kmNE
  • Strandbad Steckborn Beach 36 kmNE
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 37 kmW

60–100 km4,604 places

  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 93 kmSW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 86 kmSW
  • Schnäggeninseli Island 93 kmSW
  • Sarnersee Lake 69 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Volketswil

22 places
  1. 1 Hegnau 8K
  2. 2 Hegnau / Sunnebüel-Eich 3.2K
  3. 3 Hegnau / Dammboden-Grindel 2.8K
  4. 4 Volketswil / Volketswil (Dorf) 2.7K
  5. 5 Gutenswil 1.2K
  6. 6 Kindhausen / Kindhausen (Dorf) 1.1K
  7. 7 Hegnau / Im Zentrum 942
  8. 8 Hegnau / Alt-Hegnau 703
  9. 9 Zimikon / Rütiwies 518
  10. 10 Zimikon / Zimikon (Dorf) 194
  11. 11 Hegnau / Maiacher 116
  12. 12 Hegnau / Oetenbüel 101
  13. 13 Zimikon / In der Höh 51
  14. 14 Hegnau / Gfenn 18
  15. 15 Gutenswil / Pfäffikerstrasse 15
  16. 16 Zimikon / Chalberweidli 12
  17. 17 Zimikon / Industriegebiet 12
  18. 18 Volketswil / Langacher 10
  19. 19 Volketswil / Brugglen 9
  20. 20 Kindhausen / Gärtnerei Leimgruber 4
  21. 21 Volketswil / Neuhof 2

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

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