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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7456,Lat: 46.0197
Elevation	1942 meter above sea level
Local time	7:43:52am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zermatt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Täsch	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Randa	9.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Breuil-Cervinia	13 km	SouthWest
4 Herbriggen	13.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Mattsand	14.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	106 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	184 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	255 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 193 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 (reservoir) is Lago Godlet (0.5 km² at a height of around 2515 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Matterhorn with a height of 4478 meter (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction SouthWest).One of the mountains in Pennine Alps, part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11 km.
Elevation around place: high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.4 km2

13.3%

Nature

34.2 km2

43.6%

Agriculture

2.3 km2

2.9%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

25.7 km2

32.7%

Ice - Glacier

4.5 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zermatt in country Switzerland

Zermatt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	58 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	63 km	South
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	87 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zermatt

Type of weather in Zermatt	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam