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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.687,Lat: 47.4292
Elevation	518 meter above sea level
Local time	7:33:38am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Pfäffikon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Illnau-Effretikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tagelswangen	1.1 km	West
2 Lindau	1.8 km	NorthWest
3 Bisikon	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Ottikon	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Kemptthal	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	71 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	108 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	308 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 333 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 28%, low mountains: 72%, 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26 km2

33.1%

Agriculture

33.8 km2

43%

Urban area

15.6 km2

19.8%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Effretikon in country Switzerland

Effretikon 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	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	41 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	52 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Effretikon

Type of weather in Effretikon	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam