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General information - Location

CountrySwitzerland
Location in country South
Location in EuropeCentral Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 7.7996,Lat: 46.3115 marker
Elevation715 meter above sea level
Local time0:52:04am
Name province/regionValais
Name SubregionRaron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityRaron

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Turtig0.9 km South
2 Niedergesteln1.5 km West
3 Sankt German1.7 km East
4 Eischoll2.5 km SouthWest
5 Unterbäch2.9 km South

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 BernSwitzerland76 km NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz   Liechtenstein161 km NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo   Monaco288 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 222 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Daubensee (0.6 km2 at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 44%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
Tallandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   35.6 km2 
 45.3% 
 Nature   12.7 km2 
 16.1% 
 Agriculture   20.2 km2 
 25.7% 
 Viticulture   0.4 km2 
 0.4% 
 Urban area   6.2 km2 
 7.9% 
 Infrastructure   0.8 km2 
 1% 
 Rock-Sand   2.9 km2 
 3.7% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Raron in country Switzerland


Raron at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-AletschSwitzerland28 km NorthEast
2 Old City of BerneSwitzerland76 km NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern MovementBelgium,France, Germany,Switzerland77 km WestNorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Raron

Type of weather in Raronbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 1018 mb
Humidity: 90 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:42 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Raron - CH (longitude: 7.7996, latitude: 46.3115)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): 0 Kilometers

2:00
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1017 mbar
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5:00
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1016 mbar
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8:00
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11:00
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1013 mbar
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14:00
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1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
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1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
12 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
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