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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4374,Lat: 47.4581
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	1:08:50am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Dielsdorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Buchs (ZH)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dällikon	2 km	South
2 Nassenwil	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Regensberg	2.7 km	North
4 Dänikon	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Dielsdorf	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	89 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	94 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	294 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 337 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 12.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.4 km2

28.5%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.5%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

15.6 km2

19.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buchs (ZH) in country Switzerland

Buchs (ZH) 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	26 km	SouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	54 km	EastNorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	71 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sonnhalde

Type of weather in Sonnhalde	few clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam