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Natural site

Glacier de la Sassière

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°30′40″ N 6°59′20″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier de la Sassière Glacier de la Sassière
Location in France
Elevation
3,290 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tignes
5.3 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport62 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport83 km

About Glacier de la Sassière

Glacier de la Sassière is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Petite Sassière and Grande Sassiere.

Climate of Glacier de la Sassière

This month · November

A wet month

Day -6° · Night -11° · Rain 157 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
January (night -15°)
Wettest month
November (157 mm)
Driest month
July (88 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 Glacier de la Sassière
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-10°-10°-8°-6°-1°3°7°8°4°-1°-6°-8°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-14°-12°-8°-4°-1°0°-3°-7°-11°-14°
Precipitation (mm)1421371311301291078899100136157149

How to get to Glacier de la Sassière

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 62 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Geneva, 101 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 62 kmsoutheast
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 83 kmnorthwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 88 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 101 kmnorthwest
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 106 kmwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 115 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 164 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 167 kmwest

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

Day trips from Glacier de la Sassière

Within 100 km: 92 historic and cultural sites, 2,841 natural sites, 358 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km149 places

  • Lac des Vaches Lake 21 kmSW
  • Lac Rond Lake 20 kmSW
  • Lac de la Plagne Lake 11 kmW
  • Lac Long Lake 20 kmSW

25–60 km822 places

  • Lac d'Orny Lake 55 kmN
  • Lac de la Breye Lake 58 kmN
  • Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 58 kmNE
  • Lac du Dru Lake 57 kmN

60–100 km2,320 places

  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 96 kmNE
  • Lac de Fully Lake 75 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 87 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 64 kmN

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