Slovenia Show cave World Heritage
Škocjan Caves
6.2 km of galleries.
Lander at Slovenian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
The descent
The entrance, at 378 m.
The real relief above Škocjan 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.
6.2km
Galleries
surveyed length (Wikidata)
378m
Entrance altitude
published (Wikidata)
12°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
107m
Rock above
the highest point within 1.5 km
Inside and outside
12 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 12 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 26 °C at the entrance, 14 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The wettest months are in September and in November: water rises fast underground, so never go in without a guide after heavy rain.
- 5°0°Jan
- 6°0°Feb
- 10°3°Mar
- 15°7°Apr
- 19°12°May
- 24°16°Jun
- 26°19°Jul
- 26°18°Aug
- 21°14°Sep
- 16°10°Oct
- 11°6°Nov
- 7°2°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 system in Slovenia
Škocjan Caves is a show cave in Slovenia. It has 6.2 km of surveyed galleries. The entrance is at 378 m. It has an underground river, stalactites and stalagmites and several entrances and long galleries. It is open to visitors. It lies within Škocjan Caves Regional Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Show cave: open to visitorsUsually with a guided tour; check times and tickets on the official site.
- Divačanearest town · 2.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.0 km from the entrance
- Trieste Airport (TRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 45 km in a straight lineCar hire at TRS airport (Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.
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The water
The Reka runs highest from November to December.
The Reka carries about 7.9 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from November to December.
- 12 m³/sJan
- 12 m³/sFeb
- 9.4 m³/sMar
- 7.3 m³/sApr
- 7.3 m³/sMay
- 5.3 m³/sJun
- 2.8 m³/sJul
- 3.5 m³/sAug
- 9.2 m³/sSep
- 12 m³/sOct
- 17 m³/sNov
- 17 m³/sDec
From about 2.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 17 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 357 km².
Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.
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.
- 23other cave entrances within 3 kmŠkocjanske jame (umetni vhod), Brezno pri Risniku, Škocjanske jame (izhod) and 20 more
- 33sinkholes within 3 kmLisičina, Dolina Divaški Radvanj, Dolina Gorenjski Radvanj and 30 more
- 21viewpoints within 3 kmŠtefanjino Razgledišče and 20 more
- 6marked hiking routes within 3 kmVia Alpina Red R3, Slovenska planinska pot, Matavun - Famlje - Vremščica and 3 more
- 1climbing crags within 3 kmRisnik
- 26car parks within 2 km
- 35information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 2bus stops within 2 km
- 5campsites within 8 kmDujceva, Motorhome parking Divaca, Camping Dujčeva Domačija and 2 more
- 17hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmHotel & Casino Resort Admiral, Hotel Restaurant Pesek, Idila pod Nanosom and 14 more
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- springs within 2 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
- Divača2.9 km in a straight line
- Hrpelje7.6 km in a straight line
- Sežana11 km in a straight line
- Dolina13 km in a straight line
- Domio14 km in a straight line
- Pivka16 km in a straight line
- Opicina16 km in a straight line
- Trieste17 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Škocjan 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.
Peakyas5 mountains within 10 kmFigures 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 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Afternoon | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Night | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 82 | 72 | 69 | 89 | 74 | 60 | 79 | 112 | 102 | 123 | 96 |
| Rainy days | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun hours/day | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 2.6 |
| Feb | 6 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 4.1 |
| Mar | 10 | 10 | 3 | 72 | 5.7 |
| Apr | 15 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 7.2 |
| May | 19 | 19 | 12 | 89 | 8.5 |
| Jun | 24 | 24 | 16 | 74 | 9.9 |
| Jul | 26 | 26 | 19 | 60 | 10.6 |
| Aug | 26 | 26 | 18 | 79 | 9.4 |
| Sep | 21 | 21 | 14 | 112 | 7.0 |
| Oct | 16 | 16 | 10 | 102 | 4.6 |
| Nov | 11 | 11 | 6 | 123 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 7 | 7 | 2 | 96 | 2.5 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (378 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Inside and around.
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- 378 mEntrance altitude
- 12 °CInside, all year
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- 10 °CInside, all year
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- 12 °CInside, all year
Foiba of Basovizza
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- 228 mDepth
- —Galleries
- 388 mEntrance altitude
- 12 °CInside, all year
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q500376) · 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 |
| River flow and basin | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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