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Lac de Tignes

Located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Coordinates: 45°27′55″ N 6°54′14″ E

Map showing the location of Lac de Tignes Lac de Tignes
Location in France
Elevation
2,085 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tignes
1.1 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport65 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport81 km

About Lac de Tignes

Lac de Tignes is a lake. Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Elevation: 2,085 m. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (65 km). Nearby sights include Rochers Rouges and Lac du Chevril.

Climate of Lac de Tignes

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 153 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
January (night -7°)
Wettest month
November (153 mm)
Driest month
July (80 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 Lac de Tignes
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-2°-2°-1°1°6°11°15°16°12°7°2°0°
Average low (°C)-7°-7°-6°-4°0°4°7°8°5°2°-3°-6°
Precipitation (mm)13812912712712599809397131153142

How to get to Lac de Tignes

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 65 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 99 km to the west.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 65 kmsoutheast
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 81 kmnorthwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 82 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 99 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 101 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 119 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 161 kmwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 163 kmwest

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

Day trips from Lac de Tignes

Within 100 km: 104 historic and cultural sites, 2,615 natural sites, 340 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km183 places

  • Lac des Vaches Lake 12 kmSW
  • Lac Rond Lake 12 kmSW
  • Lac de la Plagne Lake 5 kmNW
  • Lac Long Lake 12 kmSW

25–60 km686 places

  • Grand Lé Lake 52 kmNE
  • Petit Lé Lake 51 kmN
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 50 kmN
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 50 kmN

60–100 km2,190 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 100 kmSW
  • Lac de Fully Lake 81 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 94 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 69 kmN

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