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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5119,Lat: 47.101
Elevation	450 meter above sea level
Local time	9:03:58am
Name province/region	Zug
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walchwil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arth	4.2 km	South
2 Risch	5.1 km	NorthWest
3 Meierskappel	5.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Küssnacht (SZ)	6.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Buonas	6.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	77 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	330 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 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 0.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 52.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 45%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 36%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern 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
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.3 km2

34.8%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

24.4 km2

31.1%

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Water - Lakes

22.8 km2

29.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Walchwil in country Switzerland

Walchwil 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	30 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	60 km	EastSouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	75 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walchwil

Type of weather in Walchwil	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam