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Mountain

Pointes des Essettes

Located in Orsières, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°57′19″ N 7°03′50″ E

Map showing the location of Pointes des Essettes Pointes des Essettes
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,160 m
above sea level
Nearest town
La Fouly
3.6 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
NCY Annecy Meythet airport75 km
GVA Geneva International Airport80 km

About Pointes des Essettes

Pointes des Essettes is a mountain. Location: Orsières, Entremont District. Elevation: 3,160 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Grand Darrey and Grand Darray.

Climate of Pointes des Essettes

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 164 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
Wettest month
November (164 mm)
Driest month
July (99 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 Pointes des Essettes
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-9°-9°-8°-6°-1°2°6°7°4°-1°-5°-8°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-14°-12°-7°-4°-1°1°-2°-5°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)14914614313913411499107103138164156

How to get to Pointes des Essettes

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 75 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (80 km). The nearest large city is Lausanne, 71 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 75 kmwest
  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 80 kmnorthwest
  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 95 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 71 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 76 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 114 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 136 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 165 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Pointes des Essettes

Within 100 km: 128 historic and cultural sites, 3,871 natural sites, 479 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km587 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 25 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 19 kmNW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 25 kmN
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 5 kmN

25–60 km1,574 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 56 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 38 kmN
  • Arnensee Lake 50 kmN
  • Lauenensee Lake 53 kmNE

60–100 km2,317 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 99 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 99 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 95 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 83 kmN

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