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Mountain

Tête des Ottans

Located in Salvan, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°05′11″ N 6°55′17″ E

Map showing the location of Tête des Ottans Tête des Ottans
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,309 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Barberine
0.2 km NW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport65 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport66 km

About Tête des Ottans

Tête des Ottans is a mountain. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,309 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (65 km). Nearby sights include Rochers Rouges and Tête des Pelottes.

Climate of Tête des Ottans

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -10°)
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 Ottans
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-4°-2°0°5°9°12°13°9°5°0°-3°
Average low (°C)-10°-10°-9°-6°-2°1°4°5°2°-1°-6°-8°
Precipitation (mm)160160143138140129111116110145172174

How to get to Tête des Ottans

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 65 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 53 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 65 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 66 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 95 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 53 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 61 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 104 kmnortheast
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 138 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 147 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Tête des Ottans

Within 100 km: 137 historic and cultural sites, 3,848 natural sites, 496 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km581 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 17 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 1 kmW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 17 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 15 kmSE

25–60 km1,529 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 39 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 52 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 31 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 41 kmNE

60–100 km2,371 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 95 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 95 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 91 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 69 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Barberine Village, Salvan
    0.2 km NW
  • Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    2 km SE
  • Finhaut Village, Finhaut
    4.4 km E
  • Emosson Village, Finhaut
    2.2 km S
  • Vallorcine Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville
    5.8 km S
  • Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    7.2 km N

Nearby attractions & nature

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