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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1132,Lat: 47.3542
Elevation	818 meter above sea level
Local time	20:06:11pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Toggenburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oberhelfenschwil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Necker	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Mogelsberg	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Brunnadern	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Nassen	2.7 km	NorthEast
5 Bütschwil	3.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	39 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	134 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	334 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 13.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 70%, moderate high mountains: 30%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26 km2

33.1%

Agriculture

48 km2

61%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberhelfenschwil in country Switzerland

Oberhelfenschwil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	21 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	38 km	North
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	50 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberhelfenschwil

Type of weather in Oberhelfenschwil	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam