- Elevation
- 3,982 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- BRN Bern Airport57 km
- LUG Lugano Airport92 km
About Gletscherhorn
Gletscherhorn is a mountain. Location: Fieschertal, Goms District. Elevation: 3,982 m. The nearest airport is Bern Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Lauihorn and Äbeni Flue.
Photos of Gletscherhorn
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Jungfrau Roland Zumbühl, Arlesheim · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
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Aletschhorn Paradise Chronicle · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Mittaghorn T. Kennedy · Public domain
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Climate of Gletscherhorn
This month · November
A cold month
Day -12° · Night -17° · Rain 95 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 1°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -21°)
- Wettest month
- June (104 mm)
- Driest month
- September (82 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | -15° | -15° | -13° | -11° | -6° | -2° | 1° | 1° | -3° | -7° | -12° | -14° |
| Average low (°C) | -21° | -21° | -20° | -18° | -13° | -10° | -7° | -7° | -10° | -13° | -17° | -20° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 83 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 95 | 104 | 98 | 100 | 82 | 93 | 95 | 90 |
How to get to Gletscherhorn
The nearest airport is Bern Airport (BRN), 57 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (114 km). The nearest large city is Bern, 63 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 57 kmnorthwest
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 92 kmsoutheast
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 114 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Bern Population: 121.6K 63 kmnorthwest
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 102 kmwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 105 kmnortheast
- Basel Population: 177.6K 120 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 124 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Gletscherhorn
Within 100 km: 191 historic and cultural sites, 6,731 natural sites, 854 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km882 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 22 kmNW
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 22 kmNW
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 22 kmNW
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 22 kmN
25–60 km3,225 places
- Strandbad Brienz Beach 27 kmN
- Lago Nero Lake 44 kmE
- Lago Tremorgio Lake 58 kmE
- Lake Thun Lake 27 kmNW
60–100 km3,669 places
- Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 65 kmNW
- Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 90 kmN
- Ufenau Island 100 kmNE
- Sankt Petersinsel Island 88 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Lauterbrunnen Municipality, Interlaken-Oberhasli District7.1 km NW
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Stechelberg Village, Lauterbrunnen6.1 km NW
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Trachsellauenen Village, Lauterbrunnen5.2 km W -
Mürren Village, Lauterbrunnen7.7 km NW
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Lauterbrunnen Village, Lauterbrunnen10 km NW
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Wengen Village, Lauterbrunnen11 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Lauihorn Mountain, Lauterbrunnen0.8 km NW
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Äbeni Flue Mountain, Fieschertal1.2 km SW
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Jungfrau Mountain, Lauterbrunnen2.7 km N
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Kranzberg Mountain, Fieschertal1.4 km NE
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Gletscherhornfirn Natural site, Fieschertal1.4 km SE
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Rottalgletscher Natural site, Lauterbrunnen1.4 km NW
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Louwihorn Mountain, Fieschertal1.6 km N
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Kranzbergfirn Natural site, Fieschertal1.5 km E
More nature in Switzerland
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Mittaghorn Mountain, Fieschertal3.1 km SW
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Rottalhorn Mountain, Fieschertal2.1 km N
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Äbeni Flue-Firn Natural site, Fieschertal2.6 km SW
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Jungfraufirn Natural site, Fieschertal3.2 km NE
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Sphinx Mountain, Fieschertal4.1 km N
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Grosser Aletschfirn Natural site, Fieschertal3.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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