Spain Cave with prehistoric art World Heritage

Cueva del Pindal

16 °C inside, all year.

The descent

The entrance, at 36 m.

The real relief above Cueva del Pindal, 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.

36m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

16°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

164m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

16 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 16 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 24 °C at the entrance, 8 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.

outside, at the entrance (36 m)inside

13°9°Jan
13°9°Feb
14°10°Mar
16°11°Apr
18°13°May
21°16°Jun
23°18°Jul
24°19°Aug
23°18°Sep
20°16°Oct
16°12°Nov
14°10°Dec

Inside: 16 °C all yearWettest: Nov–Jan

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 with prehistoric art

Cueva del Pindal is a cave with prehistoric art in Spain. The entrance is at 36 m. It is closed to the public to protect it. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Getting there.

No public accessProtected for science or for its art. Look for a replica or a visitor centre nearby.
San Vicente de la Barqueranearest town · 11 km in a straight line
Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.5 km from the entrance
Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (SDR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at SDR airport (Santander)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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Around the entrance.

8other cave entrances within 3 kmCueva el Pindal, Cueva de las Cuevas II, Minas de cobre abandonadas and 5 more
2springs within 2 kmFuente de San Emeterio
5viewpoints within 3 kmMirador del Picu del Regolgueru, Mirador del Pico del Cañón and 3 more
4marked hiking routes within 3 kmCamino del Norte (Cantabria), Camino del Norte (Asturias), European long distance path E9 east Asturies and 1 more
1climbing crags within 3 km
1named waterfalls within 4 kmCascada de Tina
10car parks within 2 km
2information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
2bus stops within 2 km
6campsites within 8 kmÁrea autocaravanas de El Peral (Casa Junco), Camping Royal 2, Las Hortensias and 3 more
35hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmLa Parra, Don Silvio, Puerta del Oriente and 32 more
20restaurants 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

San Vicente de la Barquera11 km in a straight line
Llanes18 km in a straight line
Tresviso19 km in a straight line
Comillas20 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Cueva del Pindal.

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

Coastya2 beaches within 3 km

Playas de Mendiasea up to 21 °C · 2.0 kmPlaya de Pechónsea up to 21 °C · 2.6 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	13	13	14	16	18	21	23	24	23	20	16	14
Afternoon	13	13	14	16	18	21	23	24	23	20	16	14
Night	9	9	10	11	13	16	18	19	18	16	12	10
Rain (mm)	123	102	94	77	62	53	34	37	50	100	137	118
Rainy days	16	12	12	14	12	9	8	8	10	14	17	14
Sun hours/day	2.7	3.8	5.2	6.2	7.1	7.3	7.7	7.4	6.8	4.8	3.0	2.8
Snow on the ground (cm)	5	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	13	13	9	123	2.7
Feb	13	13	9	102	3.8
Mar	14	14	10	94	5.2
Apr	16	16	11	77	6.2
May	18	18	13	62	7.1
Jun	21	21	16	53	7.3
Jul	23	23	18	34	7.7
Aug	24	24	19	37	7.4
Sep	23	23	18	50	6.8
Oct	20	20	16	100	4.8
Nov	16	16	12	137	3.0
Dec	14	14	10	118	2.8

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (36 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

El Pindal vistas — Falconaumanni · CC BY 3.0

Cueva El Pindal (01) Arqueoloxicu — Xuliu Pombar · CC0

Bajando a la cueva del Pindal, Pimiango (15182471538) — Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España · CC BY-SA 2.0

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	40%	29%	135%	143%	98%	136%	55%	188%	218%	266%	34%	341%
2021	173%	108%	39%	71%	103%	197%	112%	89%	161%	70%	243%	202%
2022	71%	35%	128%	137%	36%	105%	32%	117%	238%	41%	119%	106%
2023	247%	81%	35%	43%	89%	149%	84%	116%	202%	114%	136%	103%
2024	114%	156%	139%	52%	159%	102%	70%	118%	286%	188%	75%	108%
2025	77%	76%	165%	98%	114%	79%	124%	175%	162%	35%	129%	120%

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

Caves nearby.

Cueva del Pindal

Spain

—Depth
—Galleries
36 mEntrance altitude
16 °CInside, all year

Cave of Altamira

Spain · 33 km

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

See the guide

Cave of Chufín

Spain · 13 km

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

See the guide

Cave of El Soplao

Spain · 15 km

—Depth
—Galleries
531 mEntrance altitude
12 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitors	Wikidata (Q555011) · 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	13	13	9	123	2.7
Feb	13	13	9	102	3.8
Mar	14	14	10	94	5.2
Apr	16	16	11	77	6.2
May	18	18	13	62	7.1
Jun	21	21	16	53	7.3
Jul	23	23	18	34	7.7
Aug	24	24	19	37	7.4
Sep	23	23	18	50	6.8
Oct	20	20	16	100	4.8
Nov	16	16	12	137	3.0
Dec	14	14	10	118	2.8

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	13	13	9	123	2.7
Feb	13	13	9	102	3.8
Mar	14	14	10	94	5.2
Apr	16	16	11	77	6.2
May	18	18	13	62	7.1
Jun	21	21	16	53	7.3
Jul	23	23	18	34	7.7
Aug	24	24	19	37	7.4
Sep	23	23	18	50	6.8
Oct	20	20	16	100	4.8
Nov	16	16	12	137	3.0
Dec	14	14	10	118	2.8

The entrance, at 36 m.

16 °C inside, all year.

Getting there.

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

From above.

Around the entrance.

Towns nearby

What else is around Cueva del Pindal.

The weather outside, at the entrance.

Inside and around.

Wet years, dry years.

Caves nearby.

Cueva del Pindal

Cave of Altamira

Cave of Chufín

Cave of El Soplao

Where these figures come from

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

	Afternoon	Afternoon	Night	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	13	13	9	123	2.7
Feb	13	13	9	102	3.8
Mar	14	14	10	94	5.2
Apr	16	16	11	77	6.2
May	18	18	13	62	7.1
Jun	21	21	16	53	7.3
Jul	23	23	18	34	7.7
Aug	24	24	19	37	7.4
Sep	23	23	18	50	6.8
Oct	20	20	16	100	4.8
Nov	16	16	12	137	3.0
Dec	14	14	10	118	2.8