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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4964,Lat: 47.242
Elevation	578 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:08pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Affoltern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rifferswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rossau	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Uerzlikon	2.1 km	South
3 Vollenweid	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mettmenstetten	2.5 km	West
5 Hausen am Albis	2.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	79 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	86 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	316 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 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 Zuger See (Lac de Zoug) (36.1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 31%, low mountains: 65%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.4 km2

28.5%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.8%

Urban area

6 km2

7.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rifferswil in country Switzerland

Rifferswil 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	22 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	66 km	NorthEast
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	68 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Homberg

Type of weather in Homberg	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam