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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5338,Lat: 47.381
Elevation	418 meter above sea level
Local time	9:01:55am
Population	359000 (2nd largest city in country)
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Zürich
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zürich

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zollikon	5.5 km	SouthEast
2 Sellenbüren	5.7 km	SouthWest
3 Wallisellen	5.8 km	NorthEast
4 Oberengstringen	6.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Landikon	6.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	79 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	96 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	305 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 328 km (direction South).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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 0.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 21.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 70%, low mountains: 30%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.4 km2

20.9%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

3.5 km2

4.5%

Urban area

50.1 km2

63.7%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

4.5 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zürich in country Switzerland

Zürich at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	27 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	53 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	64 km	East

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Zürich
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zurich

Type of weather in Zurich	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam