- Elevation
- 2,486 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport72 km
- CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport75 km
About Lac des Vaches
Lac des Vaches is a lake. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 2,486 m. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (72 km). Nearby sights include Lac Long and Pointe de Creux Noir.
Photos of Lac des Vaches
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Pointe de la Vuzelle Ibex73 · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Dents de la Portetta Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Becca Motta Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Grand Marchet Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Grande Motte Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Climate of Lac des Vaches
This month · November
A wet month
Day -1° · Night -6° · Rain 156 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 13°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -10°)
- 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | -5° | -4° | -3° | -1° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 13° | 9° | 5° | -1° | -3° |
| Average low (°C) | -10° | -10° | -9° | -7° | -3° | 1° | 4° | 5° | 2° | -2° | -6° | -9° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 140 | 132 | 126 | 127 | 127 | 105 | 83 | 95 | 100 | 135 | 156 | 147 |
How to get to Lac des Vaches
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 72 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 87 km to the west.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 72 kmeast
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 75 kmwest
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 80 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 87 kmwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 102 kmnorthwest
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 125 kmnorth
- Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 154 kmwest
- Lyon Population: 520.8K 156 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lac des Vaches
Within 100 km: 105 historic and cultural sites, 2,357 natural sites, 324 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km202 places
- Lac Rond Lake 2 kmSE
- Lac de la Plagne Lake 11 kmNE
- Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 21 kmSE
- Lac Long Lake 1 kmE
25–60 km596 places
- Grand Golliat Mountain 57 kmNE
- Six Blanc Mountain 60 kmNE
- Aiguille des Sasses Mountain 58 kmNE
- Pointe de Combette Mountain 59 kmNE
60–100 km1,988 places
- Lac Mort Lake 88 kmSW
- Lac de Fully Lake 90 kmN
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 77 kmN
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 90 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville4.8 km W
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Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Pralognan-la-Vanoise4.9 km W
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Planay Village, Arrondissement of Albertville7 km NW
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Planay Village, Planay7.2 km NW
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Les Granges Village, Pralognan-la-Vanoise4.9 km W
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Champagny-en-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville9.4 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Lac Long Lake, Savoy0.9 km E
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Pointe de Creux Noir Mountain, Planay2.1 km NW -
Lac Rond Lake, Savoy1.8 km SE
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Pointe du Vallonet Mountain, Planay2.8 km NW
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Grand Marchet Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise3.8 km SW
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Pointe de la Rechasse Mountain, Val-Cenis3.1 km SE
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Pointe de la Grande Casse Mountain, Champagny-en-Vanoise3.8 km E
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Becca Motta Mountain, Champagny-en-Vanoise4.9 km NW
Sources & licences
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