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Natural site

Glacier du Pleureur

Located in Hérémence, Hérens District Coordinates: 46°00′58″ N 7°22′18″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier du Pleureur Glacier du Pleureur
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,588 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Val de Bagnes
4.9 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport93 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport99 km

About Glacier du Pleureur

Glacier du Pleureur is a natural site. Location: Hérémence, Hérens District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Le Pleureur and Glacier du Pleureur.

Climate of Glacier du Pleureur

This month · November

A wet month

Day -8° · Night -13° · Rain 118 mm

Hottest month
August (day 5°)
Coldest month
February (night -18°)
Wettest month
November (118 mm)
Driest month
September (79 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 Glacier du Pleureur
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-12°-12°-11°-9°-4°0°4°5°1°-3°-8°-10°
Average low (°C)-18°-18°-17°-15°-10°-7°-4°-3°-5°-9°-13°-16°
Precipitation (mm)10810710410110290808779103118113

How to get to Glacier du Pleureur

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 93 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 80 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 93 kmsouth
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 99 kmwest
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 100 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 80 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 97 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 104 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 159 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 172 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Glacier du Pleureur

Within 100 km: 103 historic and cultural sites, 4,442 natural sites, 541 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km621 places

  • Lac d'Orny Lake 23 kmW
  • Gouilly d'en Haut Lake 19 kmN
  • Le Gouillé Vert Lake 14 kmN
  • Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 7 kmS

25–60 km2,034 places

  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 46 kmE
  • Lac de Fully Lake 28 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 32 kmN
  • Daubensee Lake 48 kmNE

60–100 km2,431 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 81 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 81 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 77 kmNE
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 90 kmNE

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