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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4476,Lat: 47.2756
Elevation	487 meter above sea level
Local time	15:17:00pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Affoltern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Affoltern am Albis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dachlissen	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Hedingen	2.5 km	North
3 Obfelden	2.7 km	SouthWest
4 Aeugst am Albis	3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ottenbach	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	83 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	84 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 317 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Flachsee (0.7 km² at a height of around 379 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 13.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 49%, low mountains: 49%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.1%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

46.7 km2

59.4%

Urban area

11.3 km2

14.4%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Affoltern am Albis in country Switzerland

Affoltern am Albis at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	18 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	66 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	72 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Affoltern am Albis

Type of weather in Affoltern am Albis	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:30 Europe/Amsterdam