Tête Carrée, Upper Savoy — Elevation, map and nearby sights

About Tête Carrée

Tête Carrée is a mountain. Location: Upper Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 3,654 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Petit Mont Blanc and Dôme de Miage.

Photos of Tête Carrée

Mont Tondu Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mont Maudit Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Les Grands Mulets Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Le Gros Béchar Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aiguille des Lanchettes Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Tête Carrée

This month · November

A wet month

Day -8° · Night -14° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month: August (day 5°)
Coldest month: January (night -18°)
Wettest month: November (172 mm)
Driest month: July (101 mm)

-12° -18°

-11° -17°

-9° -15°

-4° -10°

1° -7°

4° -4°

5° -3°

1° -6°

-3° -9°

-8° -14°

-11° -17°

Jan

157

Feb

152

Mar

142

Apr

139

May

139

Jun

121

Jul

101

Aug

108

Sep

110

Oct

145

Nov

172

Dec

167

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 Tête Carrée
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-12°	-12°	-11°	-9°	-4°	1°	4°	5°	1°	-3°	-8°	-11°
Average low (°C)	-18°	-18°	-17°	-15°	-10°	-7°	-4°	-3°	-6°	-9°	-14°	-17°
Precipitation (mm)	157	152	142	139	139	121	101	108	110	145	172	167

How to get to Tête Carrée

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 57 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (73 km). The nearest large city is Geneva, 68 km to the northwest.

Airports

Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 57 kmwest
Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 73 kmnorthwest
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 75 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Geneva Population: 201.7K 68 kmnorthwest
Lausanne Population: 139.1K 80 kmnorth
Grenoble Population: 158.6K 111 kmsouthwest
Bern Population: 121.6K 136 kmnorth
Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 150 kmwest

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

Day trips from Tête Carrée

Within 100 km: 125 historic and cultural sites, 3,235 natural sites, 411 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km235 places

Le Tour Noir Mountain 24 kmNE
Grande Fourche Mountain 25 kmNE
Pointe Morin Mountain 23 kmNE
Aiguille de l'A Neuve Mountain 24 kmNE

25–60 km1,418 places

Lac de Fully Lake 47 kmNE
Lac d'Émosson Lake 32 kmN
Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 47 kmNE
Lac d'Orny Lake 30 kmNE

60–100 km2,118 places

Ile de Salagnon Island 71 kmN
Stausee Mattmark Lake 93 kmE
Lac de la Gruyère Lake 97 kmN
Lake Leman Lake 75 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Les Contamines-Montjoie Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville
6.7 km W
Les Contamines-Montjoie Village, Les Contamines-Montjoie
6.8 km W
Les Houches Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville
9.4 km N
Les Houches Village, Les Houches
9.7 km N
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville
12 km NW
Le Cugnon Village, Les Contamines-Montjoie
6.6 km W

Tête Carrée

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Petit Mont Blanc Mountain, Courmayeur
2.2 km SE
Dôme de Miage Mountain, Les Contamines-Montjoie
1.8 km W
Aiguille de la Berangère Mountain, Les Contamines-Montjoie
2.7 km W
Mont Blanc Mountain, Chamonix
5 km NE
Aiguille du Glacier Mountain, Les Contamines-Montjoie
3.1 km S
Aiguille de Bionnassay Mountain, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
3.5 km N
Glacier de la Frasse Natural site, Upper Savoy
3.7 km W
Aiguille des Lanchettes Mountain, Les Contamines-Montjoie
5.1 km SW