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Mountain

Sommet de l'Ailefroide

Located in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 44°53′05″ N 6°21′23″ E

Map showing the location of Sommet de l'Ailefroide Sommet de l'Ailefroide
Location in France
Elevation
3,954 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Vallouise-Pelvoux
10 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport92 km
GNB Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport97 km

About Sommet de l'Ailefroide

Sommet de l'Ailefroide is a mountain. Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 3,954 m. The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (92 km). Nearby sights include Tête de Chéret and Pic Sans Nom.

Climate of Sommet de l'Ailefroide

This month · November

A wet month

Day -10° · Night -15° · Rain 146 mm

Hottest month
August (day 4°)
Coldest month
February (night -19°)
Wettest month
November (146 mm)
Driest month
July (65 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).

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Climate of Sommet de l'Ailefroide
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-14°-13°-12°-10°-5°0°4°4°0°-5°-10°-12°
Average low (°C)-19°-19°-18°-16°-12°-8°-5°-4°-7°-11°-15°-18°
Precipitation (mm)13011311111111489658195129146132

How to get to Sommet de l'Ailefroide

The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), 92 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 60 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 92 kmnorthwest
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 97 kmnorthwest
  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 107 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 60 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 147 kmnorth
  • Nice Population: 342.7K 150 kmsoutheast
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 152 kmnorthwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 152 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Sommet de l'Ailefroide

Within 100 km: 88 historic and cultural sites, 1,540 natural sites, 292 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km193 places

  • Lac Faravel Lake 19 kmS
  • Lac Palluel Lake 18 kmS
  • Lac de la Muzelle Lake 22 kmW
  • Lac Lauvitel Lake 25 kmW

25–60 km725 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 48 kmW
  • Clapes River 58 kmS
  • Lac Premier Lake 54 kmSE
  • Lac Vert Lake 47 kmSE

60–100 km1,002 places

  • St Alban Plage Beach 87 kmNW
  • Grande Île Island 86 kmNW
  • Petite Île Island 86 kmNW
  • Lakes of Vens Lake 78 kmSE

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