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Mountain

Piz Alpettas

Located in Lumnezia, Region Surselva Coordinates: 46°35′23″ N 9°02′30″ E

Map showing the location of Piz Alpettas Piz Alpettas
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,978 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Vanescha
3.4 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport66 km
ZRH Zürich Airport104 km

About Piz Alpettas

Piz Alpettas is a mountain. Location: Lumnezia, Region Surselva. Elevation: 2,978 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Piz Treis Fuorclas and Piz Scharboda.

Climate of Piz Alpettas

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -11° · Rain 126 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
Wettest month
July (159 mm)
Driest month
February (88 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 Alpettas
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-5°0°4°7°7°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-15°-13°-11°-6°-3°-1°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)10788113137138152159155147138126109

How to get to Piz Alpettas

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 66 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (104 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 94 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 66 kmsouth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 104 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 107 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 94 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 105 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 128 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 155 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 180 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Piz Alpettas

Within 100 km: 220 historic and cultural sites, 7,299 natural sites, 944 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km625 places

  • Lago dei Campanitt Lake 21 kmW
  • Lago di Luzzone Lake 5 kmSW
  • Lag Crest Ault Lake 22 kmNW
  • Dachlisee Lake 20 kmN

25–60 km3,637 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 42 kmW
  • Isole di Brissago Island 56 kmSW
  • Sant' Apollinare Island 56 kmSW
  • San Pancrazio Island 56 kmSW

60–100 km4,201 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 94 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 95 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 98 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 83 kmW

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