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Natural site

Glacier du Grand Méan

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°21′47″ N 7°08′43″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier du Grand Méan Glacier du Grand Méan
Location in France
Elevation
3,047 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Forno Alpi Graie
6.1 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport43 km
CUF Cuneo International Airport98 km

About Glacier du Grand Méan

Glacier du Grand Méan is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (43 km). Nearby sights include Mont Séti and Cime Monfret.

Climate of Glacier du Grand Méan

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 133 mm

Hottest month
August (day 9°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
Wettest month
November (133 mm)
Driest month
July (71 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 du Grand Méan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-5°0°4°8°9°6°1°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-13°-12°-11°-6°-2°1°2°-1°-4°-9°-12°
Precipitation (mm)12011211511611287718386116133120

How to get to Glacier du Grand Méan

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 43 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 114 km to the west.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 43 kmsoutheast
  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 98 kmsoutheast
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 103 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 114 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 121 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 134 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 178 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 182 kmwest

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

Day trips from Glacier du Grand Méan

Within 100 km: 72 historic and cultural sites, 2,435 natural sites, 281 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km88 places

  • Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 22 kmSW
  • Lac du Chevril Lake 21 kmNW
  • Lac de Tignes Lake 22 kmNW
  • Pointe de Méan-Martin Mountain 12 kmW

25–60 km472 places

  • Grand Lé Lake 59 kmN
  • Petit Lé Lake 59 kmN
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 58 kmN
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 58 kmN

60–100 km2,228 places

  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 98 kmNE
  • Lac de Fully Lake 91 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 82 kmN
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 91 kmN

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