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Lac de Fontanabran

Located in Salvan, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°05′45″ N 6°56′08″ E

Map showing the location of Lac de Fontanabran Lac de Fontanabran
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,418 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Finhaut
3 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport66 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport67 km

About Lac de Fontanabran

Lac de Fontanabran is a lake. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,418 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Rochers Rouges and Fontanabran.

Climate of Lac de Fontanabran

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -6° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 12°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
December (174 mm)
Driest month
September (110 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 Lac de Fontanabran
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-3°-1°4°8°12°12°9°4°-1°-4°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-3°1°3°4°2°-2°-6°-9°
Precipitation (mm)160160143138140129111116110145172174

How to get to Lac de Fontanabran

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 66 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 52 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 66 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 67 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 96 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 52 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 62 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 103 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 139 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 146 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Lac de Fontanabran

Within 100 km: 139 historic and cultural sites, 3,891 natural sites, 499 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km593 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 15 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 2 kmSW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 15 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 15 kmSE

25–60 km1,554 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 39 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 52 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 30 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 39 kmNE

60–100 km2,382 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 94 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 94 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 89 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 68 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    3 km S
  • Barberine Village, Salvan
    1.5 km SW
  • Finhaut Village, Finhaut
    3.5 km E
  • Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    5.9 km N
  • Salvan Village, Salvan
    7.1 km E
  • Emosson Village, Finhaut
    3.6 km SW

Nearby attractions & nature

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