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Mountain

Piz Tgietschen

Located in Lumnezia, Region Surselva Coordinates: 46°38′46″ N 9°01′15″ E

Map showing the location of Piz Tgietschen Piz Tgietschen
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,858 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Vrin
6.1 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport72 km
ZRH Zürich Airport97 km

About Piz Tgietschen

Piz Tgietschen is a mountain. Location: Lumnezia, Region Surselva. Elevation: 2,858 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (72 km). Nearby sights include Piz las Palas and Piz Ner.

Climate of Piz Tgietschen

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 Tgietschen
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 Tgietschen

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 72 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (97 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 88 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 72 kmsouth
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 97 kmnorth
  • Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 102 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 88 kmnorthwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 98 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 125 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 150 kmnorthwest
  • Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 174 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Piz Tgietschen

Within 100 km: 232 historic and cultural sites, 7,340 natural sites, 981 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km703 places

  • Lago dei Campanitt Lake 22 kmSW
  • Lago di Luzzone Lake 9 kmS
  • Lag Crest Ault Lake 17 kmNW
  • Dachlisee Lake 15 kmNE

25–60 km3,603 places

  • Lago Nero Lake 43 kmSW
  • Insel Schwanau Island 54 kmNW
  • Neptun-Inseln Island 42 kmNW
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 42 kmNW

60–100 km4,247 places

  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 96 kmNW
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 92 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 93 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 96 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Vrin Village, Lumnezia
    6.1 km E
  • Sogn Giusep Village, Lumnezia
    4.7 km E
  • Cons Village, Lumnezia
    5.4 km E
  • Pardatsch Village, Lumnezia
    5.7 km SE
  • Vanescha Village, Lumnezia
    5.8 km SE
  • Sumvitg Municipality, Region Surselva
    9.2 km NW

Nearby attractions & nature

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