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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1862,Lat: 47.475
Elevation	581 meter above sea level
Local time	21:35:52pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Wil
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Niederhelfenschwil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Niederbüren	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Oberbüren	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Mutwil	3.4 km	SouthEast
4 Heiligkreuz	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Halden	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	45 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	144 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	328 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 335 km (direction SouthEast).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 Bodensee (Lac de Constance) (156.6 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 83%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 48 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.8 km2

20.2%

Agriculture

55.2 km2

70.3%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niederhelfenschwil in country Switzerland

Niederhelfenschwil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	16 km	EastSouthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	27 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	62 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Niederhelfenschwil

Type of weather in Niederhelfenschwil	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam