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Mountain

Piz Canal

Located in Lumnezia, Region Surselva Coordinates: 46°36′41″ N 9°01′29″ E

Map showing the location of Piz Canal Piz Canal
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,846 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Vanescha
3.9 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport68 km
ZRH Zürich Airport101 km

About Piz Canal

Piz Canal is a mountain. Location: Lumnezia, Region Surselva. Elevation: 2,846 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Fil Blengias and Glatscher dil Terri.

Climate of Piz Canal

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 126 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
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 Canal
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-7°-7°-6°-4°1°4°8°8°5°1°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-14°-12°-10°-5°-2°0°1°-2°-5°-10°-12°
Precipitation (mm)10788113137138152159155147138126109

How to get to Piz Canal

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 68 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (101 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 91 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 68 kmsouth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 101 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 105 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 91 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 102 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 126 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 152 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 178 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Piz Canal

Within 100 km: 226 historic and cultural sites, 7,317 natural sites, 966 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km671 places

  • Lago dei Campanitt Lake 21 kmSW
  • Lago di Luzzone Lake 6 kmSW
  • Lag Crest Ault Lake 19 kmNW
  • Dachlisee Lake 19 kmNE

25–60 km3,637 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 41 kmSW
  • Isole di Brissago Island 58 kmSW
  • Sant' Apollinare Island 57 kmSW
  • San Pancrazio Island 58 kmSW

60–100 km4,201 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 99 kmNW
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 93 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 93 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 96 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Vanescha Village, Lumnezia
    3.9 km E
  • Vrin Village, Lumnezia
    7.5 km NE
  • Pardatsch Village, Lumnezia
    5 km E
  • Sogn Giusep Village, Lumnezia
    5.6 km NE
  • Cons Village, Lumnezia
    6.7 km NE
  • Blenio Municipality, Blenio District
    10 km SW

Nearby attractions & nature

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