Glacier de Rochemelon
Located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Coordinates: 45°13′20″ N 7°04′05″ E
- Elevation
- 3,059 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport46 km
- CUF Cuneo International Airport87 km
About Glacier de Rochemelon
Glacier de Rochemelon is a natural site. Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (46 km). Nearby sights include Rocciamelone and Roche Michel.
Photos of Glacier de Rochemelon
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Pointe du Chapeau Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Croix Rousse Francofranco56 · Public domain -
Rocciamelone Duvilar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Glacier de Rochemelon
This month · November
A wet month
Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 121 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- November (121 mm)
- Driest month
- July (64 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -7° | -7° | -6° | -4° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -3° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -12° | -10° | -6° | -2° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -5° | -9° | -11° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 110 | 102 | 104 | 110 | 107 | 82 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 111 | 121 | 109 |
How to get to Glacier de Rochemelon
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 46 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 106 km to the west.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 46 kmeast
- Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 87 kmsoutheast
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 104 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 106 kmwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 130 kmnorthwest
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 148 kmnorth
- Nice Population: 342.7K 170 kmsouth
- Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 181 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de Rochemelon
Within 100 km: 66 historic and cultural sites, 1,960 natural sites, 248 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km91 places
- Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 11 kmW
- Pointe de Méan-Martin Mountain 17 kmN
- Roc du Véfret Mountain 18 kmNW
- Punta Sommeiller Mountain 20 kmSW
25–60 km474 places
- Lac des Vaches Lake 30 kmNW
- Lac Rond Lake 28 kmNW
- Lac de la Plagne Lake 34 kmNW
- Lac de Néal Lake 58 kmSW
60–100 km1,709 places
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 97 kmN
- Lac d'Orny Lake 87 kmN
- Lac de la Breye Lake 90 kmN
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 85 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Rocciamelone Mountain, Usseglio2.2 km S
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Roche Michel Mountain, Val-Cenis4.2 km W
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Pointe Baraccon de Chamois Mountain, Savoy5.4 km W
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Croix Rousse Mountain, Usseglio6.8 km NE
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Glacier du Baounet Natural site, Savoy5.3 km NE
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Pointe du Chapeau Mountain, Val-Cenis7.3 km NW
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Pointe de Charbonnel Mountain, Bessans6.6 km N
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Ouille d'Arbéron Mountain, Bessans7.2 km NE
More nature in France
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Pointe Droset Mountain, Val-Cenis13 km W -
Glacier de Charbonnel Natural site, Savoy7 km N
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Rocca d'Ambin Mountain, Val-Cenis16 km SW -
Pointe de Ronce Mountain, Val-Cenis8.4 km NW
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Pointe du Colerin Mountain, Bessans12 km N
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Bessanèse Mountain, Bessans9.4 km NE
Sources & licences
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