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Mountain

Pointe Léchaud

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°44′07″ N 6°48′54″ E

Map showing the location of Pointe Léchaud Pointe Léchaud
Location in France
Elevation
3,128 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Seloge
4.3 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
NCY Annecy Meythet airport60 km
CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport74 km

About Pointe Léchaud

Pointe Léchaud is a mountain. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 3,128 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (60 km). Nearby sights include Monti de la Seigne and Mont Tondu.

Climate of Pointe Léchaud

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
January (night -15°)
Wettest month
November (172 mm)
Driest month
July (101 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 Pointe Léchaud
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-9°-9°-8°-6°0°4°8°8°5°0°-5°-8°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-14°-11°-7°-4°-1°0°-3°-6°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)157152142139139121101108110145172167

How to get to Pointe Léchaud

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 60 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (78 km). The nearest large city is Geneva, 73 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 60 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 74 kmwest
  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 78 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 73 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 88 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 106 kmsouthwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 143 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 151 kmwest

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

Day trips from Pointe Léchaud

Within 100 km: 129 historic and cultural sites, 3,087 natural sites, 401 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km169 places

  • Lac de la Girotte Lake 13 kmW
  • Lacs de Forcle Lake 12 kmSW
  • Lac Noir Lake 13 kmW
  • Lac d'Amour Lake 18 kmSW

25–60 km1,398 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 54 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 40 kmN
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 54 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 36 kmNE

60–100 km2,050 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 79 kmN
  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 95 kmE
  • Lake Leman Lake 83 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 68 kmNE

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