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Mountain

Gapençais

Local name: Gapencés

Located in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region Coordinates: 44°34′00″ N 6°55′00″ E

Gapençais
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Elevation
2,934 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Chiazale
6.7 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
CUF Cuneo International Airport56 km
TRN Turin Airport91 km

About Gapençais

Gapençais is a mountain. Location: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region. Elevation: 2,934 m. The nearest airport is Cuneo International Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Monte Maniglia and Pointe Haute de Mary.

Climate of Gapençais

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -8° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month
August (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -12°)
Wettest month
November (121 mm)
Driest month
July (48 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 Gapençais
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-6°-6°-5°-3°3°7°11°11°8°3°-3°-5°
Average low (°C)-12°-12°-11°-9°-5°-1°2°3°0°-4°-8°-10°
Precipitation (mm)111949610210171486582114121108

How to get to Gapençais

The nearest airport is Cuneo International Airport (CUF), 56 km to the east as the crow flies. For international flights: Turin Airport (TRN) (91 km). The nearest large city is Nice, 100 km to the south.

Airports

  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 56 kmeast
  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 91 kmnortheast
  • Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes 104 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Nice Population: 342.7K 100 kmsouth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 117 kmnorthwest
  • Aix-en-Provence Population: 146.8K 165 kmsouthwest
  • Toulon Population: 168.7K 179 kmsouthwest
  • Marseille Population: 877.2K 187 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Gapençais

Within 100 km: 89 historic and cultural sites, 1,380 natural sites, 225 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km169 places

  • Lac Premier Lake 8 kmSW
  • Lac Vert Lake 11 kmW
  • Lac Sainte-Anne Lake 10 kmNW
  • Lacs de Roure Lake 1 kmW

25–60 km431 places

  • Clapes River 51 kmSW
  • Lakes of Vens Lake 28 kmS
  • Lacs de Ténibres Lake 32 kmS
  • Lac de Rabuons Lake 34 kmS

60–100 km1,094 places

  • Plage de Buse Beach 100 kmSE
  • Lac du Vallon Lake 84 kmNW
  • Lac des Vaches Lake 93 kmN
  • Lac du Saulet Lake 82 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Chiazale Village, Bellino
    6.7 km E
  • Celle Village, Bellino
    7.4 km E
  • Bellino Municipality, Province of Cuneo
    8.1 km E
  • Maljasset Village, Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye
    5.6 km W
  • Combe-Brémond Village, Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye
    5.6 km NW
  • Pleyne Village, Bellino
    8.1 km E

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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