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The descent
The entrance, at 1,008 m.
The real relief above Hučavá diera, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.
The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.
1,008m
Entrance altitude
from the 30 m relief model
5°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
518m
Rock above
the highest point within 1.5 km
Inside and outside
5 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 5 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 20 °C at the entrance, 16 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.
- -3°-10°Jan
- -2°-9°Feb
- 2°-6°Mar
- 9°0°Apr
- 14°5°May
- 18°9°Jun
- 20°11°Jul
- 20°10°Aug
- 15°6°Sep
- 9°1°Oct
- 3°-2°Nov
- -2°-8°Dec
Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.
Hučavá diera is a cave in Slovakia. The entrance is at 1,008 m.
Getting there.
- Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
- Lendaknearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.8 km from the entrance
- Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at TAT airport (Poprad)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above.
The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.
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1.5 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the entrance.
- 5other cave entrances within 3 kmBelianska jaskyňa, Alabastrová jaskyňa, Hučavá diera and 2 more
- 1springs within 2 km
- 5sinkholes within 3 km
- 7viewpoints within 3 km
- 8marked hiking routes within 3 kmNáučný chodník K Belianskej jaskyni, Náučný chodník Fľak and 6 more
- 1climbing crags within 3 kmTatranská kotlina - lom
- 7car parks within 2 km
- 34information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 5bus stops within 2 km
- 1campsites within 8 kmKemp Tatranec
- 164hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmPenzion Strachan, Strachan, Penzión Kamzík and 161 more
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- caving clubs and spots within 15 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Lendak3.6 km in a straight line
- Rakúsy6.3 km in a straight line
- Ždiar6.5 km in a straight line
- Výborná6.5 km in a straight line
- Slovenská Ves8.3 km in a straight line
- Vysoké Tatry11 km in a straight line
- Spišská Belá11 km in a straight line
- Podhorany12 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Hučavá diera.
The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather outside, at the entrance.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon | -3 | -2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | -2 |
| Afternoon | -3 | -2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | -2 |
| Night | -10 | -9 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | -2 | -8 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 119 | 127 | 139 | 102 | 89 | 78 | 70 | 65 |
| Rainy days | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| Sun hours/day | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 32 | 37 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3 | -3 | -10 | 66 | 1.7 |
| Feb | -2 | -2 | -9 | 64 | 2.9 |
| Mar | 2 | 2 | -6 | 69 | 4.4 |
| Apr | 9 | 9 | 0 | 69 | 5.7 |
| May | 14 | 14 | 5 | 119 | 6.2 |
| Jun | 18 | 18 | 9 | 127 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 20 | 20 | 11 | 139 | 6.8 |
| Aug | 20 | 20 | 10 | 102 | 7.0 |
| Sep | 15 | 15 | 6 | 89 | 5.1 |
| Oct | 9 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 3 | 3 | -2 | 70 | 1.7 |
| Dec | -2 | -2 | -8 | 65 | 1.1 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (1,008 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years, dry years.
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 48% | 168% | 80% | 35% | 92% | 152% | 108% | 101% | 147% | 213% | 44% | 119% |
| 2021 | 137% | 119% | 75% | 133% | 136% | 39% | 106% | 180% | 85% | 26% | 79% | 107% |
| 2022 | 109% | 118% | 61% | 135% | 54% | 40% | 87% | 77% | 158% | 57% | 75% | 127% |
| 2023 | 204% | 117% | 102% | 120% | 104% | 111% | 75% | 162% | 95% | 146% | 182% | 155% |
| 2024 | 147% | 146% | 104% | 130% | 74% | 108% | 69% | 69% | 142% | 75% | 49% | 50% |
| 2025 | 90% | 35% | 83% | 119% | 89% | 53% | 93% | 69% | 126% | 126% | 176% | 25% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Caves nearby.
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q11721296) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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