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Mountain

Piz Cavel

Located in Lumnezia, Region Surselva Coordinates: 46°39′21″ N 9°01′12″ E

Map showing the location of Piz Cavel Piz Cavel
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,945 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Vrin
6.1 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport73 km
ZRH Zürich Airport96 km

About Piz Cavel

Piz Cavel is a mountain. Location: Lumnezia, Region Surselva. Elevation: 2,945 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (73 km). Nearby sights include La Capiala and Piz Tgietschen.

Climate of Piz Cavel

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -11° · Rain 126 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
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 Cavel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-6°-5°0°4°7°7°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-13°-11°-6°-3°0°0°-3°-6°-11°-13°
Precipitation (mm)10788113137138152159155147138126109

How to get to Piz Cavel

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 73 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (96 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 87 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 73 kmsouth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 96 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 101 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 87 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 97 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 124 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 149 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 173 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Piz Cavel

Within 100 km: 236 historic and cultural sites, 7,352 natural sites, 988 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km721 places

  • Lago dei Campanitt Lake 23 kmSW
  • Lago di Luzzone Lake 10 kmS
  • Lag Crest Ault Lake 16 kmNW
  • Dachlisee Lake 15 kmNE

25–60 km3,595 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 43 kmSW
  • Insel Schwanau Island 53 kmNW
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 41 kmNW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 41 kmNW

60–100 km4,260 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 95 kmNW
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 92 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 92 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 96 kmW

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