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Mountain

Tête des Chaux Derrière

Located in Salvan, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°06′45″ N 6°54′57″ E

Map showing the location of Tête des Chaux Derrière Tête des Chaux Derrière
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,395 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Evionnaz
4.7 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport64 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport66 km

About Tête des Chaux Derrière

Tête des Chaux Derrière is a mountain. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,395 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (64 km). Nearby sights include Mont Ruan and Tour Sallière.

Climate of Tête des Chaux Derrière

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 Tête des Chaux Derrière
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-3°-1°4°8°12°12°9°4°-1°-3°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-2°1°4°5°2°-2°-6°-9°
Precipitation (mm)160160143138140129111116110145172174

How to get to Tête des Chaux Derrière

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 64 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 50 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 64 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 66 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 96 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 50 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 60 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 101 kmnortheast
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 140 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 144 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Tête des Chaux Derrière

Within 100 km: 139 historic and cultural sites, 3,860 natural sites, 507 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km577 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 16 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 3 kmS
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 16 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 17 kmSE

25–60 km1,548 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 37 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 50 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 30 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 39 kmNE

60–100 km2,381 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 94 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 94 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 89 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 67 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    4.7 km NE
  • Barberine Village, Salvan
    2.7 km S
  • Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    4.9 km S
  • Finhaut Village, Finhaut
    5.8 km SE
  • Champéry Municipality, Monthey District
    7.5 km NW
  • Salvan Village, Salvan
    8.1 km E

Nearby attractions & nature

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