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Lac de la Glière

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°25′57″ N 6°49′29″ E

Map showing the location of Lac de la Glière Lac de la Glière
Location in France
Elevation
2,039 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tignes
8.2 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport70 km
CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport77 km

About Lac de la Glière

Lac de la Glière is a lake. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 2,039 m. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (70 km). Nearby sights include Glacier de Rosolin and Pointe de la Grande Casse.

Climate of Lac de la Glière

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 156 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
January (night -8°)
Wettest month
November (156 mm)
Driest month
July (83 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
Climate of Lac de la Glière
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-2°-1°0°2°8°12°15°16°12°8°2°0°
Average low (°C)-8°-8°-6°-4°0°4°7°8°5°1°-3°-6°
Precipitation (mm)1401321261271271058395100135156147

How to get to Lac de la Glière

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 70 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 92 km to the west.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 70 kmeast
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 77 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 79 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 92 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 101 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 121 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 156 kmwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 158 kmwest

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

Day trips from Lac de la Glière

Within 100 km: 109 historic and cultural sites, 2,465 natural sites, 339 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km189 places

  • Lac des Vaches Lake 5 kmSW
  • Lac Rond Lake 5 kmS
  • Lac de la Plagne Lake 6 kmN
  • Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 23 kmS

25–60 km609 places

  • Grand Lé Lake 57 kmNE
  • Petit Lé Lake 57 kmNE
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 56 kmNE
  • Lacs de Fenêtre Lake 56 kmNE

60–100 km2,115 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 93 kmSW
  • Lac de Fully Lake 86 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 99 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 73 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Tignes Village, Arrondissement of Albertville
    8.2 km NE
  • Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville
    9.9 km SW
  • Friburge Village, Champagny-en-Vanoise
    5.7 km NW
  • Planay Village, Arrondissement of Albertville
    9.9 km W
  • Champagny-en-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville
    11 km W
  • Tignes Village, Tignes
    11 km NE

Nearby attractions & nature

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