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Saou, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Celeda, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Le Palloir

Climbing area · France

Is it worth the trip?

55Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: Rock dry, Rock about 11 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 94 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
11°C
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 95 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
11°C
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 55 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
8°C
Air
9°C
Rain
0.5 mm

Thu 5 · 33 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
11°C
Air
11°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
9°C
Air
12°C
Rain
9 mm

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
11°C
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
14°C
Air
14°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 152, fair
  2. Mon 294, good
  3. Tue 395, good
  4. Wed 455, fair
  5. Thu 533, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 945, fair
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in two facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Best Apr, Oct5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Le Palloir
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*52, fairDry?12°C9°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov94, goodDry11°C8°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov95, goodDry11°C10°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov55, fairWet8°C9°C0.5 mm
Thu 5Nov33, poorWet11°C11°C1.2 mm
Fri 6Nov0, poorWet9°C12°C9 mm
Sat 7Nov0, poorWet11°C14°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poorWet14°C14°C0.6 mm
Mon 9Nov45, fairWet13°C14°C0.9 mm
Tue 10Nov0, poorWet16°C17°C5.4 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Le Palloir

1 crag mapped. Best from Sep to May. The nearest town to stay in is Saou.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,380–US$2,570 each

about US$1,380–US$2,570 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to GNB, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,010
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$107–US$201
Totalabout US$1,380–US$2,570

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Saou

Closest

Saou

2 min by car

about US$121/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Saou · Booking.com

About Saou its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 25m

About 18h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GNB, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 45m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.