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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2849,Lat: 47.4685
Elevation	623 meter above sea level
Local time	9:49:49am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	St. Gallen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldkirch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ronwil	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Edlischwil	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Niderwil	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Wilen	2.8 km	North
5 Hauptwil	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	41 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	151 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	333 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 329 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 Bodensee (Lac de Constance) (156.6 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 22.2 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 6%, low mountains: 86%, moderate high mountains: 8%, 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
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 56 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.6 km2

22.4%

Agriculture

54.6 km2

69.7%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waldkirch in country Switzerland

Waldkirch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	8.6 km	SouthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	31 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	61 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Waldkirch

Type of weather in Waldkirch	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam