Serbia Show cave
Drežnička Gradina
8 °C inside, all year.
Михаило Јовановић · CC BY-SA 4.0
The descent
The entrance, at 932 m.
The real relief above Drežnička Gradina, 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.
932m
Entrance altitude
published (Wikidata)
8°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
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 August the afternoon reaches 26 °C at the entrance, 18 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.
- 0°-8°Jan
- 2°-7°Feb
- 7°-3°Mar
- 13°2°Apr
- 18°6°May
- 22°10°Jun
- 25°12°Jul
- 26°12°Aug
- 20°8°Sep
- 14°3°Oct
- 8°-2°Nov
- 2°-6°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.
Mountain in western Serbia
Drežnička Gradina is a show cave in Serbia. The entrance is at 932 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites. It is open to visitors.
Getting there.
- Show cave: open to visitorsUsually with a guided tour; check times and tickets on the official site.
- Požeganearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,530 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.1 km from the entrance
- Morava Airport (KVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEG airport (Belgrade)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.
- 1other cave entrances within 3 kmПотпећка пећина
- 1viewpoints within 3 km
- 3marked hiking routes within 3 kmДрежник ( засеок Јолетићи ) - врх Кућишта, E7-10: Овчар бања – Ариље – Чајетина – Кремна, Равни (центар) – Дрежник (центар)
- 1car parks within 2 km
- 1information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 1campsites within 8 kmCamping Potpece
- 22hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmBelino sokače, Апартмани Ива, Aria and 19 more
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- springs within 2 km
- sinkholes within 3 km
- caving clubs and spots within 15 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
- bus stops within 2 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
- Požega11 km in a straight line
- Užice11 km in a straight line
- Arilje13 km in a straight line
- Lučani18 km in a straight line
- Čajetina18 km in a straight line
- Zlatibor20 km in a straight line
- Kosjerić24 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Drežnička Gradina.
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 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Afternoon | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Night | -8 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | -2 | -6 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 54 | 65 | 64 | 96 | 105 | 77 | 63 | 65 | 62 | 58 | 58 |
| Rainy days | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Sun hours/day | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | -8 | 52 | 2.2 |
| Feb | 2 | 2 | -7 | 54 | 3.4 |
| Mar | 7 | 7 | -3 | 65 | 5.0 |
| Apr | 13 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 6.5 |
| May | 18 | 18 | 6 | 96 | 7.5 |
| Jun | 22 | 22 | 10 | 105 | 8.6 |
| Jul | 25 | 25 | 12 | 77 | 9.5 |
| Aug | 26 | 26 | 12 | 63 | 8.7 |
| Sep | 20 | 20 | 8 | 65 | 6.3 |
| Oct | 14 | 14 | 3 | 62 | 4.9 |
| Nov | 8 | 8 | -2 | 58 | 3.2 |
| Dec | 2 | 2 | -6 | 58 | 1.9 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (932 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 | 58% | 147% | 88% | 42% | 95% | 291% | 110% | 199% | 32% | 129% | 34% | 120% |
| 2021 | 232% | 45% | 234% | 103% | 196% | 28% | 134% | 94% | 69% | 138% | 173% | 203% |
| 2022 | 98% | 101% | 45% | 82% | 101% | 92% | 112% | 106% | 135% | 11% | 132% | 150% |
| 2023 | 249% | 112% | 82% | 254% | 111% | 141% | 102% | 79% | 84% | 28% | 265% | 70% |
| 2024 | 229% | 24% | 75% | 65% | 112% | 73% | 84% | 29% | 163% | 53% | 142% | 250% |
| 2025 | 123% | 46% | 180% | 141% | 68% | 4% | 89% | 75% | 84% | 174% | 180% | 36% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q12757663) · 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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