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Mountain

Pointe des Cerces

Located in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region Coordinates: 45°04′00″ N 6°29′00″ E

Map showing the location of Pointe des Cerces Pointe des Cerces
Location in France
Elevation
3,097 m
above sea level
Nearest town
La Madeleine
4.9 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport79 km
TRN Turin Airport93 km

About Pointe des Cerces

Pointe des Cerces is a mountain. Location: Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region. Elevation: 3,097 m. The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Pic de la Moulinière and Lac des Cerces.

Climate of Pointe des Cerces

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 158 mm

Hottest month
August (day 10°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
Wettest month
November (158 mm)
Driest month
July (74 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 des Cerces
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-9°-8°-7°-4°1°6°10°10°6°1°-4°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-13°-11°-7°-3°0°1°-2°-6°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)1391241191211241007489102136158145

How to get to Pointe des Cerces

The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), 79 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Turin Airport (TRN) (93 km). The nearest large city is Grenoble, 62 km to the west.

Airports

  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 79 kmnorthwest
  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 93 kmeast
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 96 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 62 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 129 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 148 kmnorthwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 149 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 162 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Pointe des Cerces

Within 100 km: 103 historic and cultural sites, 1,539 natural sites, 285 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km205 places

  • Lac des Cerces Lake 1 kmW
  • Lac de l'Eychauda Lake 15 kmS
  • Grand Lac Lake 3 kmS
  • Lac de Combeynot Lake 8 kmSW

25–60 km721 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 55 kmW
  • Lac Vert Lake 58 kmSE
  • Lac du Vallon Lake 38 kmW
  • Lac des Vaches Lake 43 kmNE

60–100 km1,001 places

  • Clapes River 79 kmS
  • St Alban Plage Beach 77 kmNW
  • Plage de Menthon Saint Bernard Beach 92 kmN
  • Plage d'Albigny Beach 97 kmN

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