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Mountain

Piz di Rüss

Located in Calanca, Region Moesa Coordinates: 46°17′46″ N 9°08′46″ E

Map showing the location of Piz di Rüss Piz di Rüss
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,247 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Arvigo
2.6 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport37 km
MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport81 km

About Piz di Rüss

Piz di Rüss is a mountain. Location: Calanca, Region Moesa. Elevation: 2,247 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (37 km). Nearby sights include Piz della Molera and Mottone.

Climate of Piz di Rüss

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -8° · Rain 104 mm

Hottest month
July (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
June (156 mm)
Driest month
February (61 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 Piz di Rüss
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-3°0°3°7°11°13°13°9°5°0°-3°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-2°2°4°4°1°-3°-8°-11°
Precipitation (mm)79618812815515614015115314410475

How to get to Piz di Rüss

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 37 km to the southwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) (81 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 127 km to the north.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 37 kmsouthwest
  • Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 81 kmsouthwest
  • Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) Orio al Serio (BG) 82 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 127 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 138 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 149 kmnorthwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 184 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 195 kmwest

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

Day trips from Piz di Rüss

Within 100 km: 125 historic and cultural sites, 6,353 natural sites, 780 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km430 places

  • Lago di Vogorno Lake 24 kmSW
  • Laghetto della Val Malvaglia Lake 17 kmNW
  • Laghit de Agnon Lake 8 kmSE
  • Laghet di Buseno Lake 4 kmSW

25–60 km2,180 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 50 kmW
  • Isole di Brissago Island 37 kmSW
  • Sant' Apollinare Island 36 kmSW
  • San Pancrazio Island 37 kmSW

60–100 km4,648 places

  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 98 kmNW
  • Insel Schwanau Island 92 kmNW
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 78 kmNW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 78 kmNW

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