Czechia Show cave
Koněprusy Caves
8 °C inside, all year.
Hadonos · CC BY-SA 3.0
The descent
The entrance, at 434 m.
The real relief above Koněprusy Caves, 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.
434m
Entrance altitude
from the 30 m relief model
8°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
50m
Rock above
the highest point within 1.5 km
Inside and outside
8 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 8 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 25 °C at the entrance, 17 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.
- 0°-6°Jan
- 2°-5°Feb
- 8°-2°Mar
- 14°3°Apr
- 19°8°May
- 23°12°Jun
- 25°14°Jul
- 25°13°Aug
- 20°8°Sep
- 13°4°Oct
- 6°0°Nov
- 2°-4°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.
Cave in Czech Republic
Koněprusy Caves is a show cave in Czechia. The entrance is at 434 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites. It is open to visitors. It lies within Český kras Protected Landscape Area.
Getting there.
- Show cave: open to visitorsHours in OpenStreetMap: Apr-Jun: 08:00-16:00; Jul-Aug: 08:00-17:00; Sep: 08:00-16:00 · ticket requiredOfficial site↗
- Králův Dvůrnearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 360 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Zlatý kůňnearest viewpoint · 0.2 km from the entrance
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)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.
- 7other cave entrances within 3 kmKoněpruské jeskyně, Aksamitova brána, Martina and 4 more
- 1springs within 2 km
- 10viewpoints within 3 kmJelínkův most, Vyhlídka u lomu Čertovy schody, Zlatý kůň and 7 more
- 11marked hiking routes within 3 km[M] Beroun - Dobřichovice, [Z] Zadní Třebáň-Tetín, [Z] Beroun - Havlíčkův mlýn and 8 more
- 187climbing crags within 3 kmPytlík, Ferda, Rudovous and 184 more
- 2named waterfalls within 4 kmTetínský Vodopád, Kodský vodopád
- 5car parks within 2 km
- 52information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 11bus stops within 2 km
- 8campsites within 8 kmAutocamp Na Hrázi, Casablanca, Autokemp Karlštejn and 5 more
- 23hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmU Berounky, Maxim, Český Dvůr and 20 more
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- sinkholes within 3 km
- caving clubs and spots within 15 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
- Králův Dvůr4.5 km in a straight line
- Beroun5.4 km in a straight line
- Zdice6.4 km in a straight line
- Hýskov8.5 km in a straight line
- Hudlice8.6 km in a straight line
- Lochovice9.2 km in a straight line
- Hostomice10 km in a straight line
- Nižbor10 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Koněprusy Caves.
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 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| Afternoon | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| Night | -6 | -5 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| Rain (mm) | 42 | 32 | 39 | 36 | 69 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 41 |
| Rainy days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Sun hours/day | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | -6 | 42 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 2 | 2 | -5 | 32 | 2.6 |
| Mar | 8 | 8 | -2 | 39 | 3.8 |
| Apr | 14 | 14 | 3 | 36 | 6.0 |
| May | 19 | 19 | 8 | 69 | 6.6 |
| Jun | 23 | 23 | 12 | 78 | 6.9 |
| Jul | 25 | 25 | 14 | 79 | 6.8 |
| Aug | 25 | 25 | 13 | 81 | 6.3 |
| Sep | 20 | 20 | 8 | 52 | 4.9 |
| Oct | 13 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 3.0 |
| Nov | 6 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 2 | 2 | -4 | 41 | 0.8 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (434 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Inside and around.
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 | 45% | 230% | 118% | 56% | 120% | 190% | 50% | 149% | 132% | 193% | 51% | 68% |
| 2021 | 140% | 144% | 77% | 80% | 178% | 149% | 126% | 145% | 41% | 40% | 94% | 99% |
| 2022 | 85% | 89% | 44% | 142% | 70% | 172% | 67% | 103% | 137% | 62% | 108% | 123% |
| 2023 | 84% | 85% | 132% | 208% | 40% | 87% | 98% | 173% | 32% | 101% | 178% | 226% |
| 2024 | 115% | 193% | 40% | 90% | 149% | 67% | 128% | 88% | 332% | 91% | 63% | 97% |
| 2025 | 88% | 49% | 77% | 125% | 61% | 81% | 95% | 49% | 181% | 93% | 122% | 47% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q3890135) · 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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