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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.785,Lat: 47.366
Elevation	560 meter above sea level
Local time	3:28:30am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Pfäffikon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfäffikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Humbel	2.1 km	NorthEast
2 Auslikon	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Seegräben	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Hittnau	2.9 km	East
5 Russikon	3.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	61 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	112 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	318 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 3%, 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 21 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.7%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.4%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.4%

Urban area

14.2 km2

18.1%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pfäffikon in country Switzerland

Pfäffikon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	42 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	45 km	West
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	45 km	East

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Filming Location	IMDB Pfäffikon
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pfäffikon / Pfäffikon (Dorfkern)

Type of weather in Pfäffikon / Pfäffikon (Dorfkern)	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam