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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7217,Lat: 47.3099
Elevation	442 meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:27pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Uster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mönchaltorf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rällikon	2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Egg	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Riedikon	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Sulzbach	2.7 km	NorthEast
5 Gossau (ZH)	2.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	63 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	105 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	320 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 320 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 16.2 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 47%, low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 2%, 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

18%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

46.4 km2

59.1%

Urban area

13.3 km2

17%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mönchaltorf in country Switzerland

Mönchaltorf 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	39 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	50 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	51 km	EastNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Mönchaltorf
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mönchaltorf

Type of weather in Mönchaltorf	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam