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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4779,Lat: 46.8106
Elevation	799 meter above sea level
Local time	2:57:28am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riggisberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hasli	1.1 km	North
2 Kirchenthurnen	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Rümligen	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Lohnstorf	2.5 km	East
5 Mühlethurnen	2.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	15 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	160 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 282 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 15.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 61.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 55%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

22.6%

Agriculture

57.2 km2

72.8%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riggisberg in country Switzerland

Riggisberg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	15 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	55 km	SouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	59 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riggisberg

Type of weather in Riggisberg	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam