Sand geodata
Sand (Zurich) is a populated place; located in Switzerland in Europe/Zurich (GMT+1) time zone. With population of 879 people, there are 1433 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in Switzerland, 80.9% of cities are located further ↓South; 55.7% of cities are located further ←West and 67.9% of cities have higher elevation than Sand. Note1
Sand GPS coordinates[2]
47° 26' 26.772" North, 8° 28' 42.456" East
Map corner | latitude | longitude |
---|---|---|
Upper-left | 47.91418°, | 7.77533° |
Center: | 47.44077°, | 8.47846° |
Lower-right: | 46.96306°, | 9.18158° |
Map W x H: | 105.8×105.8 km | = 65.7×65.7mi |
max Lat: | 47.76737° ⇑19.1% North |
Sand: | 47.44077° |
min Lat: | ⇓80.9% South 45.83203° |
min Long | Sand | max Long |
5.97153° | 8.47846° | 10.44624° |
W 55.7%⇐ | ⇒44.3% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Sand is 441 m = 1447 ft, and this is 117.2 m = 385 ft below average elevation for this country.
Max E: |
1845 m = 6053 ft | 67.9% |
Avg. | 558.2 m = 1831 ft | |
Sand | 441 m = 1447 ft | |
Min E: |
197 m = 646 ft | 32.1% |
See also: Switzerland elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Sand is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 2126.3 km =1321.2 mi to North.Distance of | km | miles | from Sand |
---|---|---|---|
North Pole | 4732.1 | 2940.4 | to North |
Arctic Circle | 2126.3 | 1321.2 | to North |
Tropic Cancer | 2669 | 1658.4 | to South |
Equator | 5274.9 | 3277.7 | to South |



Nearby cities:
15 places around Sand: (largest is in red/bold)
• Adlikon
1.1 km =0.7 mi, 306°
• Buchs / Ringstrasse
3.3 km =2.1 mi, 298°
• Buchs / Zürcherstrasse
3.3 km =2.1 mi, 303°
• Dällikon / Dällikon (Dorf)
3 km =1.9 mi, 268°
• Dällikon / Sytenacher
2.6 km =1.6 mi, 264°
• Laubisser
0.8 km =0.5 mi, 350°
• Regensdorf
1 km =0.6 mi, 224°
• Regensdorf / Feldblumen-Riedthofstrasse
1 km =0.6 mi, 240°
• Regensdorf / Hofacher-Geeren
1.4 km =0.9 mi, 243°
• Regensdorf / Hubacher
1.8 km =1.1 mi, 226°
• Regensdorf / Obstgarten
1.7 km =1.1 mi, 213°
• Regensdorf / Watterstrasse
1 km =0.6 mi, 217°
• Regensdorf / Zentrum
1.3 km =0.8 mi, 212°
• Sonnhalde
1.9 km =1.2 mi, 316°
• Zürich (Kreis 10) / Rütihof
2.9 km =1.8 mi, 178°
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Switzerland existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia