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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5027,Lat: 46.99
Elevation	822 meter above sea level
Local time	17:41:54pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	St. Gallen
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfäfers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Furggels	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bad Ragaz	1.3 km	North
3 Maienfeld	2.7 km	NorthEast
4 Valens	3.1 km	SouthWest
5 Vadura	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	17 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	157 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	384 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 283 km (direction SouthEast).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 Lünersee (1.5 km² at a height of around 1969 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction NorthEast).One of the mountains in Central Eastern Alps , part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.5 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.2 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 9%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 16%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 55 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.4 km2

48.9%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

26.2 km2

33.3%

Viticulture

3.6 km2

4.5%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pfäfers in country Switzerland

Pfäfers at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	21 km	WestSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	49 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bad Ragaz

Type of weather in Bad Ragaz	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam