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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6935,Lat: 47.3899
Elevation	495 meter above sea level
Local time	22:34:05pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Uster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Volketswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bisikon	2.4 km	North
2 Schwerzenbach	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Greifensee	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Freudwil	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Fehraltorf	4.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	69 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	107 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 329 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 2.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 12.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 24.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 52%, low mountains: 48%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 13 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

20.4%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

31 km2

39.5%

Urban area

20.3 km2

25.8%

Infrastructure

2.8 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

5 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volketswil in country Switzerland

Volketswil 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	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	44 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	52 km	East

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Volketswil / Volketswil (Dorf)

Type of weather in Volketswil / Volketswil (Dorf)	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam