Spain Cave

Lezetxiki

345 m below the entrance.

The descent

345 metres down, to scale.

The real relief above Lezetxiki, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

Great Pyramid (139 m) would fit upside down 2.5 times.

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey.

345m

Depth

published (Wikidata)

411m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

13°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

255m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

13 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 13 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 25 °C at the entrance, 13 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The wettest months are in January and in November: water rises fast underground, so never go in without a guide after heavy rain.

outside, at the entrance (411 m)inside

9°3°Jan
10°2°Feb
13°4°Mar
16°7°Apr
19°10°May
23°13°Jun
25°14°Jul
25°15°Aug
23°13°Sep
19°10°Oct
13°6°Nov
10°3°Dec

Inside: 13 °C all yearWettest: Jan, Nov

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 the Basque Country

Lezetxiki is a cave in Spain. It goes down 345 m below the entrance. The entrance is at 411 m.

Getting there.

No public accessProtected for science or for its art. Look for a replica or a visitor centre nearby.
Arrasate / Mondragónnearest town · 3.7 km in a straight line
Vitoria Airport (VIT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at BIO airport (Bilbao)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.

N 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.

14other cave entrances within 3 kmUraren koba, Lezetxiki, Montxon and 11 more
1springs within 2 km
8marked hiking routes within 3 kmE08 Bizkar ibilbidea: Eibar - Elgeta - Udala, E09 Bizkar ibilbidea: Udala - Leintz Gatzaga, Udala-Besaide-Udala and 5 more
1climbing crags within 3 kmOngoetako eskalada eskola
5car parks within 2 km
2information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
4bus stops within 2 km
2campsites within 8 kmAsentzio, Elorrioko autokarabana gunea
19hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmMaialde landa etxea, Pension Urizar, Santa Ana Hotela and 16 more
9restaurants and cafés within 3 km

sinkholes within 3 km
caving clubs and spots within 15 km
viewpoints within 3 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

Arrasate / Mondragón3.7 km in a straight line
Aretxabaleta5.1 km in a straight line
Elorrio6.1 km in a straight line
Eskoriatza6.3 km in a straight line
Bergara10 km in a straight line
Berriz11 km in a straight line
Oñati11 km in a straight line
Ermua13 km in a straight line

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What else is around Lezetxiki.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Lakeyas1 lakes within 10 km

Urkulu reservoir0.5 km² · 7.7 km

Peakyas28 mountains within 10 km

Udalatx1,117 m · 2.5 kmIpizte1,062 m · 4.6 kmAnboto1,333 m · 5.4 kmOriol1,128 m · 5.7 kmElgoin1,240 m · 6.1 kmKurutzeta1,214 m · 6.4 kmKurtzebarri1,133 m · 9.0 kmElorreta1,146 m · 9.1 km

Canyonyas1 canyons within 10 km

Jaturabe · 9.7 km

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	9	10	13	16	19	23	25	25	23	19	13	10
Afternoon	9	10	13	16	19	23	25	25	23	19	13	10
Night	3	2	4	7	10	13	14	15	13	10	6	3
Rain (mm)	106	88	84	77	72	61	42	42	56	82	125	97
Rainy days	14	12	12	14	13	11	10	10	11	13	15	13
Sun hours/day	2.3	3.7	5.2	6.2	7.2	7.7	8.0	7.5	6.8	4.7	2.9	2.6
Snow on the ground (cm)	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	9	9	3	106	2.3
Feb	10	10	2	88	3.7
Mar	13	13	4	84	5.2
Apr	16	16	7	77	6.2
May	19	19	10	72	7.2
Jun	23	23	13	61	7.7
Jul	25	25	14	42	8.0
Aug	25	25	15	42	7.5
Sep	23	23	13	56	6.8
Oct	19	19	10	82	4.7
Nov	13	13	6	125	2.9
Dec	10	10	3	97	2.6

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (411 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	42%	28%	156%	125%	112%	140%	63%	134%	149%	214%	33%	256%
2021	128%	98%	32%	67%	71%	182%	63%	49%	153%	63%	173%	187%
2022	64%	25%	102%	112%	30%	62%	22%	76%	129%	35%	107%	75%
2023	164%	53%	30%	42%	74%	127%	58%	99%	150%	88%	110%	84%
2024	69%	133%	86%	44%	118%	112%	50%	181%	228%	192%	55%	108%
2025	67%	52%	124%	82%	94%	85%	86%	102%	85%	42%	116%	77%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Lezetxiki

Spain

345 mDepth
—Galleries
411 mEntrance altitude
13 °CInside, all year

Ekain cave

Spain · 28 km

—Depth
—Galleries
84 mEntrance altitude
15 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Santimamiñe kobazuloa

Spain · 31 km

—Depth
—Galleries
164 mEntrance altitude
14 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Praileaitz Cave

Spain · 26 km

—Depth
—Galleries
65 mEntrance altitude
15 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitors	Wikidata (Q9022131) · 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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	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	9	9	3	106	2.3
Feb	10	10	2	88	3.7
Mar	13	13	4	84	5.2
Apr	16	16	7	77	6.2
May	19	19	10	72	7.2
Jun	23	23	13	61	7.7
Jul	25	25	14	42	8.0
Aug	25	25	15	42	7.5
Sep	23	23	13	56	6.8
Oct	19	19	10	82	4.7
Nov	13	13	6	125	2.9
Dec	10	10	3	97	2.6

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	9	9	3	106	2.3
Feb	10	10	2	88	3.7
Mar	13	13	4	84	5.2
Apr	16	16	7	77	6.2
May	19	19	10	72	7.2
Jun	23	23	13	61	7.7
Jul	25	25	14	42	8.0
Aug	25	25	15	42	7.5
Sep	23	23	13	56	6.8
Oct	19	19	10	82	4.7
Nov	13	13	6	125	2.9
Dec	10	10	3	97	2.6

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	9	9	3	106	2.3
Feb	10	10	2	88	3.7
Mar	13	13	4	84	5.2
Apr	16	16	7	77	6.2
May	19	19	10	72	7.2
Jun	23	23	13	61	7.7
Jul	25	25	14	42	8.0
Aug	25	25	15	42	7.5
Sep	23	23	13	56	6.8
Oct	19	19	10	82	4.7
Nov	13	13	6	125	2.9
Dec	10	10	3	97	2.6