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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7249,Lat: 47.5003
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	13:21:51pm
Population	103000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Winterthur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Neuburg	3.7 km	West
2 Reutlingen	3.7 km	NorthEast
3 Seuzach	4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Sennhof	4.5 km	SouthEast
5 Stadel	4.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	72 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	115 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	303 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 341 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 14.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 15.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 14 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29 km2

36.9%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

20.3 km2

25.9%

Urban area

26.7 km2

34%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winterthur in country Switzerland

Winterthur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	34 km	NorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	46 km	WestSouthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	50 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt

Type of weather in Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam